AUTISM, YET GIFTED– A CASE STUDY

Volume : VII, Issue : X, October - 2018

Jemima Wilson

Autism is a neurological condition which mainly involves lack of social interactions and communications; Restricted, repetitive patterns of

behaviour and interests."Autistic savant" refers to individuals with autism who have extraordinary skills not exhibited by most persons. �Savant

syndrome� refers to those with or without intellectual impairment and/or autism, who display skills above that expected of those with either

intellectual impairment and/or autism, or when compared to non–disabled population. A detailed case study was carried out to study about the

extraordinary abilities of a child with Savant abilities and autism. Information about the child was collected through observation, interaction and

enquiring about the child�s abilities and activities. The collected data was recorded in the tools prepared for this research. The data collected was

consolidated, interpreted and points were calculated. The results were descriptively written and portrayed.