What is savant syndrome?
Savantic syndrome is the appearance of highly advanced intellectual gifts in one area of cognitive functioning in someone who has cognitive or developmental disabilities. Individuals work with this condition in most areas of their lives with cognitive deficits, but have an unusual degree of talent for something such as mathematics, playing musical instrument or remembering the materials that have been presented to them. This phenomenon was first described in the 18th century, although the evidence suggests that the savants, as they are known, existed before this era. Other cognitive and developmental disabilities may also be involved, from Down's syndrome to brain damage from childhood. People with Savanta syndrome generally have difficulty learning and acquiring new information and may have social problems because they have difficulty understanding other people or do not gain social szabíi. They may require helpers or personal assistants to help with the fulfillment of daily tasks. People with developmental and cognitive disabilities were not historically considered to be worthy inMany people with Savant syndrome have not been recognized, because they were not given access to materials that could prove their skills. For example, if a musical instrument is never inserted into a children's hand, the child cannot develop and show musical talent.
Some people with a savant syndrome were able to use their ability to achieve a high degree of independence. Unusual skills such as excellent remembering, good with mathematics, etc. Sem independently. Although helpers or assistants are needed, a person with Savant syndrome can still live and act independently due to assurance of income and other benefits.
individuals with this situation have been the subject of a fascinated study since they were first identified. Once known today as "idiotic savants" or "autistic savants", today the term "savant" is preferred, reflecting the fact that "idiot"The community of disability has become a charged term and that not all people with savant syndrome have autism spectrum disorders. Some examples of savantism depictions in popular culture include characters in the The Rain Man and The beautiful mind , although some critics have questioned the accuracy of these depictions.