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Rekkr
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19 Feb 2005, 10:24 pm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story ... 03,00.html

Don't have much to say... Just post your comments. Very interesting story...



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19 Feb 2005, 10:50 pm

That was weird the first time I clicked on this I ended up at the "You might be an aspie if site".



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19 Feb 2005, 11:11 pm

I've never seen it before. Awesome post.
Thankyou.



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20 Feb 2005, 2:53 am

great link, rekkr, thank you.

the paediatricians said that i was a nightmare baby cos i was understimulated too, and i was put on phenobarbitone (used for epilepsy) when i was tiny. that's the first time i've heard anyone else having that similar thing. how exciting!



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20 Feb 2005, 5:26 am

http://www.bridgewater.edu/~atrupe/GEC101/Funes.html



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20 Feb 2005, 11:05 am

That was really...I dunno just relatable I guess. I've always counted stuff as well. In the very beginning when the reporter was saying "Daniel Tammet is talking. As he talks, he studies my shirt and counts the stitches. " I've always had that problem of counting literally everything. Only, to Daniel it seems like he enjoys it. To me, it's quite a curse. I zone out completely and can only concentrate on my counting. I can't do anything until I have finished counting.

The other relatable thing for me was how overwhelming eye contact is. I simply cannot look someone in the eye when I'm talking to them.



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20 Feb 2005, 3:00 pm

I am just curious about one thing. Why would anyone call one such person a "savant?" If a negative label like autistic is used with a positive label like savant, what does that mean? It seems strange.


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20 Feb 2005, 6:04 pm

Well, they figured that term was better than IDIOT Savant, so...


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20 Feb 2005, 8:30 pm

I'm speechless...


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28 Feb 2005, 7:05 am

bugger that!
hey i guess i was smart enuff to do half a mechanical engineering degree, but im far from a savant. i reckon itwould be cool to be a savant, but i woudlnt want to give up all my other skills that i have just to have one really awesome talent. i like to be an all rounder person.
the only things i cant seem to do is programme (ie C++, java etc. computer languages), drive a manual car, and remember 2 or more drive thru orders when they are all told to me nearly at once.. i just forget nearly everything said to me fast and quickly. oh well