Abudo Cares's video: People With Autism Are People With Skills

In the decades before autism was officially recognized and diagnosed, most autistic patients were relegated to the general diagnosis of mental retardation. The true links between autism and intelligence are more complicated and much more fascinating. Today, people with Autism are recognized as smart and people with skills. Watch the video to learn more! ____________________________________________________________ Useful Resources and Links: “Parenting a child with Autism” https://abudo.com/blog/parenting-a-ch... “How to Manage Sensory Overload for an Autistic” https://abudo.com/blog/4th-of-july-ti... “Eat Well, Be Well Ebook” https://abudo.com/eat-well-e-book/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ►Find Abudo on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abudocares/ ►Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abudocares ►Find us on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/abudocares/ ►Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/abudocares ►Read our blogs at https://blog.abudo.com/ ►Sign Up for Free Trial at https://abudo.com/ In This Video: Savant abilities are not just your average special; in fact, they are extraordinarily special abilities that often cannot be duplicated by others. Usually, these special abilities coexist with other severe disabilities that are related to moderate or severe forms of autism. It is important to remember that not all savants are autistic. However, there are far more savants with autism than there are without it. Savants are rare even amongst the population of people with autism, with only 10 percent of individuals with autism ever showing signs of savant talents. Savants with autism often show amazing skills within one or more general ability domains. Artistic, musical, mathematical, spatial and mechanical abilities are the most common. Usually, savants only have a single skill but there are tiny fractions that have been reported to have more than one. Savants with autisms skills are astonishing, the skill often involves an exceptional memory. This memory is rote and limited to a specific subject or skill. The first case of savant autism that surfaced was in the year 1887 in London by Dr. J. Landon Down as he cited one of his patient's peculiarities as he had memorized the entire book ‘The Rise and Fall of Roman Empire’ and was able to recite it forwards and backwards. Even though the first report of this syndrome took place in a German psychology journal in 1783, which discussed the case of Jedediah Buxton who had an excellent memory with great calculation skills. Males are more inclined to having savant autism as compared to females with a ratio of 6:1 while the ratio of male to female autism is 4:1. Within the realm of savants, there comes another term called prodigious savant. This defines the very rare phenomenon in the already very unusual cognitive anomaly, which expresses the talent so spectacularly that it would be outstanding for any person, with or without any mental or physical disparity. Savants who meet these completely unrealistic standards may only count to 75 people living presently across the globe. A lot of research and speculation has been made to understand the reason behind the onset of savant autism but no confirmatory facts have been established as yet. The most plausible one is that an injury to the left side of the brain instigates a compensatory reaction from the right side as the skills lacking in these savants are more related to the left side of the brain while those that are working extraordinarily well are restricted to the right side. Savant autism is based on brain dysfunction superimposed with extraordinary mental or motor skills. Therefore the treatment for savant autism is similar to any other central nervous system disorder or injury which is by overcoming or minimizing the residual symptoms of such an injury or disorder by targeted treatment and rehabilitation. Their skills can be used for masking and overcoming the more basic developmental disease, injury or disorder. The treatments for savants with autism focus on building on their skills, utilizing those as a means of creating communication and social interaction. Even though they have remarkable abilities, most savants are unable to live independently as adults. With that said, we encourage you to learn more about Autism. Sign up at Abudo’s online platform and kickstart your education!