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It can also be as a result of a brain injury (though said to be much rarer). It can also fade with time. I had savant abilities, long since faded away as a result of a perinatal brain injury (at one month old). This enabled me to say instantly what day of the week dates were. 2009/5/1 Noah Slater <[log in to unmask]> > Hello, > > I have been discussing Autistic savants recently: > > Savant syndrome, sometimes abbreviated as savantism, is not a recognized > medical diagnosis, but researcher Darold Treffert defines it as a rare > condition in which persons with developmental disorders (including autism > spectrum disorders) have one or more areas of expertise, ability or > brilliance > that are in contrast with the individual's overall limitations. > > - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autistic_savant > > It seems that the definition of an Autistic savant is based on the > separation of > ability and disability within the autism spectrum disorders, with ability > being > an exception to the rule. I think this separation is a harmful framing, and > only > reinforces the exclusive perception of autism as a mental impairment. I > prefer > to see autism as inclusive of ability, and not separate to it. > > My personal experience with Asperger syndrome has shown me that autism > spectrum > disorders can be both disabling and enabling, depending on how you embrace > them. > Any forced separation into positive and negative seems misguided. Even more > so > when the positive is given an entirely new name. > > I generally avoid the social and cultural side of autism spectrum > disorders, so > I may be covering old ground. I am not convinced either way, but I would be > interested in hearing your thoughts on the subject. What kind of usage > patterns > reinforce this negative framing? Contrariwise, what usage patterns are > okay? > > Best, > > -- > Noah Slater, http://tumbolia.org/nslater > > ________________End of message________________ > > This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for > Disability Studies at the University of Leeds ( > www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). > Enquiries about list administration should be sent to > [log in to unmask] > > Archives and tools are located at: > www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html > You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page. > ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.