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Savants (Savant syndrome)

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Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
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9 works

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    Born on a blue day : inside the extraordinary mind of an autistic savant / by Daniel Tammet.

    Tammet, Daniel, 1979- | Date: 2007
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    Fragments of genius : the strange feats of idiots savants / Michael J.A. Howe.

    Howe, Michael J. A., 1940- | Date: 1989
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    Autism and talent / edited by Francesca Happé, Uta Frith.

    | Date: 2010
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    Bright splinters of the mind : a personal story of research with autistic savants / Beate Hermelin ; foreword by Michael Rutter.

    Hermelin, Beate | Date: 2001
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    Jonathan Lerman : drawings by an artist with autism / with texts by Lyle Rexer.

    Lerman, Jonathan | Date: [2002]
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Autistic Disorder
Synesthesia
Autistic Disorder

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