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Autism & Talent
❖ Around 1/3 of autistic individuals present with
an unusually high skill in comparison to other
areas of their cognition.
❖ Often in areas of mathematical music, art,
calculation, calendrical calculation.
Above: Stephen Wiltshire
line drawing of New York
❖ Perhaps linked to eye for detail and rigidity from memory after 20-
leading to areas of high interest minute helicopter ride
Right: Nadia Chomyn biro
line drawing aged 5
