Autistic, Foolish Husband....[ Personal; Title Supplied By My Wife; See Autism *** Definitions Below ] Comments

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THE TITLE IS HIGHLY MISLEADING! ! ! ...Wellllll.

(cont,) ...NOT all autistics are savants AND not all savants are autistic. [and I, thankfully, am NOT autistic, though my wife DOES call me that! }

see: 'SAVANT'. 'Savant syndrome: is a rare condition in which someone with significant mental disabilities demonstrates certain abilities far in excess of average...(cont.)

(cont.) ...and to calculate huge sums of numbers.

Symptoms vary, and some autistics are considered to be 'higher-functioning' than others. Some AUTISTICS have incredible skills e.g. the ability to use their brains (no computers or paper) to remember huge amounts of information)

I THINK AUTISTICS (people with autism) are all born with it, and are all now said to be members of 'The Autistic Spectrum'.