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Autistic savants. George Widener. George Widener (b.

George Widener

February 8, 1962) [1] is a self-taught artist who employs his extraordinary mathematical/calculating capability to create art ranging from complex calendars and numerical palindromes to Rembrandt-like antiquarian landscapes to Asian scrolls. Collections[edit] His work can be found in many private and public Outsider Art collections, including the Bruno Decharme ABCD Collection in Paris, The American Folk Art Museum, The Art Collection of the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, and The Collection de l’Art Brut.

George Widener lives in the mountain town of Waynesville, North Carolina and travels abroad frequently. Beth Catlin. In 1972, Catlin started sending birthday cards to people she has met.

Beth Catlin

She sends cards to her family and friends, as well as neighbors and people at church. She asks people for their name, address, and birthdate, and then catalogues the information in her head. The cards she sends have never been returned due to a wrong address, and the spellings and birthdates have never been in error.[2] Catlin's cards are decorated with birthday balloons. Written in colored pencil, all her cards have the message, "Happy Birthday".[3] She funds the card-sending with her job at the S. In the July 2009 issue of Reader's Digest (RD), Catlin was named "Best Birthday Wisher" in RD's "Best of America" feature.[3] On Catlin's birthday, she receives over 200 birthday cards from the people in her birthday circle.

Kim Peek. Laurence Kim Peek (November 11, 1951 – December 19, 2009) was an American savant.

Kim Peek

Known as a "megasavant",[1][2][3] he had an exceptional memory, but he also experienced social difficulties, possibly resulting from a developmental disability related to congenital brain abnormalities. He was the inspiration for the character of Raymond Babbitt in the movie Rain Man. Unlike Babbitt, Peek did not have autism, but had FG syndrome.[4][5] Early life[edit] Arithmetical Output. Jedediah Buxton. Journey to London[edit] A memoir appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine for June 1754, to which, probably through the medium of a Mr Holliday, of Haughton Hall, Nottinghamshire, Buxton had contributed several letters.

Jedediah Buxton

In this memoir, his age is given as forty-nine, which points to his birth in 1705; the date adopted above is on the authority of Daniel and Samuel Lysons' Magna Britannia (Derbyshire). His image can be seen online in the New York Library.[4] A portrait by Miss Maria Hartley in 1764 hangs in Elmton Church. Jedediah Buxton was the son of William Buxton, a farmer and also the schoolmaster at Elmton. However, the Vicar of Elmton was not Jedediah's biological grandfather. Jerry Newport. Gerald David "Jerry" Newport (born August 19, 1948) is an author and public speaker with Asperger syndrome whose life was the basis for the 2005 feature-length movie Mozart and the Whale.

Jerry Newport

He is known for his frank advice and humor when giving presentations. A graduate of the University of Michigan with a B.A. in mathematics, he is also a savant with the ability to perform difficult mathematical calculations in his head. He has two elder brothers, John (born c. 1941) and James (Jim) (born c. 1945). In June 2010, Jerry Newport competed in the Mental Calculation World Cup in Magdeburg, Germany. He won four of ten events, a second and a third and the World Cup Trophy for "Most Versatile Calculator. " Daniel Tammet. Daniel Tammet FRSA (born 31 January 1979) is an English writer, essayist and autistic savant.

Daniel Tammet

His best selling 2006 memoir, Born on a Blue Day, about his life with high-functioning autism and savant syndrome, was named a "Best Book for Young Adults" in 2008 by the American Library Association.[2] Tammet's second book, Embracing the Wide Sky, was described as one of France's best selling books of 2009 by L'Express magazine in its March 2010 edition.[3] Thinking in Numbers, Tammet's third book, was published by Hodder in the UK on 16 August 2012, and by Little, Brown in the United States and Canada on 30 July 2013.

Tammet's books have been published in 20 languages.[4] Literary Output. Henriett Seth F. Gilles Tréhin. Mark Boerebach. Mark Boerebach is a savant, able to recall Australian music chart top hits from the 1970s and 1980s.

Mark Boerebach

Personal life[edit] Boerebach was born blind and diagnosed with Asperger syndrome as a child.[1][2] Prior to entering school, he underwent a series of operations which restored 20% of his eyesight, although he is blind in one eye.[1][3] His condition made it difficult for him to socialize at school,[1][4] but despite the difficulties he encountered, Boerebach has completed five TAFE music business courses.[2][5] He lives in Sydney, Australia. Career[edit] References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b c "Rainman Goes To RocKwiz".

External links[edit] 2PR FM Official Website. Visual Output. Alonzo Clemons. Alonzo Clemons is an American animal sculptor and a savant.

Alonzo Clemons

He lives in Boulder, Colorado. Clemons suffered a severe brain injury as a child that left him developmentally disabled (with an IQ in the 40-50 range), but able to create very accurate animal sculptures out of clay. James Henry Pullen. Richard Wawro. Richard Wawro (April 14, 1952, Newport-on-Tay, Fife – February 22, 2006) was a Scottish artist notable for his landscapes in wax oil crayon.

Richard Wawro

He was an autistic savant. Life[edit] Wawro was the son of Tadeusz and Olive Wawro; his father was a Polish military officer and civil engineer who had settled as a librarian in Fife, and his mother a Scottish schoolteacher. He was diagnosed as "moderately to severely retarded" at the age of three, a condition later recognised as autism. He did not learn to speak before the age of 11 and required eye surgery to remove cataracts, which left him with sufficiently poor eyesight to be classed as legally blind.

Gottfried Mind. Cats, watercolour by Gottfried Mind Gottfried Mind (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɔtfʁiːt ˈmɪnt]; 1768 – 17 November 1814) was a Swiss autistic savant who specialized in drawing.

Gottfried Mind

He was called the Raphael of Cats because of the excellence with which he painted that animal.[1] Jonathan Lerman. Jonathan Lerman (born 1987) is an American autistic savant outsider artist. He was born in Queens, NY, and currently resides in the upstate New York suburb of Vestal. Jonathan Lerman began to lapse into long silences at the age of two, and the next year he was diagnosed with autism. His IQ is purported to be 53. Lerman's artistic bent appeared at the age of 10 in the form of charcoal-drawn faces—both people he knows and those he imagines. In 1999 he had his own solo exhibition at the KS Art gallery in New York City. Musical Output. Thristan Mendoza. Thristan Mendoza (born 1989) is a Filipino autistic savant and marimba prodigy.

Thristan "Tum-Tum" Mendoza was born 1989 in Quezon City, Philippines. He was enrolled at the Philippine Montessori Center and was diagnosed as autistic at the age of two and a half. During the same year he began to play. In 1997 the University of the Philippines presented him as a gifted child prodigy. Filipino child prodigy marimbist with autism. Autism: I am Pinoy, Incredible Pinoy. Matt Savage. Matt Savage- Jazz Pianist.

This promotional video was recorded live at Boston's Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival on September 28, 2013. This was a special quartet concert featuring legendary alto saxophonist Bobby Watson alongside my original trio (with Boston musicians John Funkhouser and Steve Silverstein). The first intro song (that I play on piano) is the title track from my new studio album "A Bigger Celebration. " Then, we all play Ray Noble's classic standard "Cherokee. " Hope you enjoy the video! Derek Paravicini. Derek Paravicini. Aleksander Vinter. Aleksander Vinter. Aleksander Vinter (__savant__) Aleksander Vinter’s stream. Savant. Hikari Ōe. Hikari Ōe (大江 光, Ōe Hikari? , born June 13, 1963) is a Japanese composer who has autism.

He is the son of Japanese author Kenzaburō Ōe and Yukari Ikeuchi, the younger sister of director Juzo Itami. Hikari Ōe was born developmentally disabled. Doctors tried to convince his parents to let their son die, but they refused to do so. Blind Tom Wiggins. Head and shoulders portrait of Blind Tom Wiggins. 1880. Rex Lewis-Clack. Leslie Lemke. Tony DeBlois.