Morrow went on to pen the script for the 1988 film Rain Man, basing Dustin Hoffman’s character on Peek. The concept of savant syndrome dates back to 1887, when physician J. Langdon Down coined the ...
For Affleck, winning as he can be, has often had a blockish, overly square, slightly inexpressive quality. And it's that ...
They can excel at organization and attention to detail. Some may even have the ever-fascinating savant syndrome. Neurodiversity is the idea that variation in brain function exists across the ...
All hope to weave the unique features of autism—such as social challenges, savant syndrome, or the sex difference in diagnoses—into a coherent framework with which to understand the condition.
Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital surgical unit. Alone in the world and unable to personally connect ...