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3.Autistic intelligence varies widely, from severe retardation to savant syndrome.
4.Descriptions of savant syndrome appear in the scientific literature as early as 1789.
5.A person who experiments or investigates in the arts and sciences; a savant.
6.Langdon Down, who is best known for having identified Down syndrome, described 10 people with savant syndrome.
7.10 A savant is revealed, a man who has created new forms for old symbols that have lost their meaning.
8.For their part, savant visual artists use a variety of media, although they most frequently express themselves through drawing and sculpture.
9.It is now clear that savant syndrome generally occurs in people with IQs between 40 and 70—although it can occur in some with IQs as high as 114.
10.He has observed that the savant skills most often present in autistic people are those associated with right hemisphere functions and the most deficient abilities are associated with left hemisphere functions.
