THE GREATNESS OF AUTISM
LEARN FROM THE TRUE EXPERTS - THOSE WITH AUTISM
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DANIEL TAMMET
- Daniel is a savant with a super-human ability for math. He can calculate complex sums in his head faster than many of us can do on a calculator. He has a talent for languages, learning Icelandic in a week. He has a prodigious memory and was able to recite the number pi up to the 22,514th digit. Despite this, his ability to think abstractly and communicate with others is impaired. Daniel is the subject of the movie Brainman, has been featured on CNN, 60 Minutes and much more.
- Daniel's Interview
- At what age did your mother realize you weren't like your peers? What was different about you?
- My mother realized from the time that I was very young that I was unlike other children. I
cried constantly as a baby, then became ...
- How old were you when you realized you were different to everyone else? What made you aware of this?
- I realized how different I was from my peers around age 9. I realized
that I was ...
- Did you ever engage in self stimulatory behavior such as hand flapping? If so, did this lessen with age and how did you deal with this in public?
- Yes, I had self stimulatory behavior such as hand flapping and clapping, as well as pulling at my lips...
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