I put this in here because it's an issue about health but also an issue about learning.

Someone showed me this video of an autistic man. Autism, in short, is a disability that makes self expression very difficult. Autistic children don't know when to hug, smile, express anger or confusion etc.. but, very often, these people excel in other departments, like memory, maths, art.. etc..

You need to see it to believe it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYfIHdUNImo&mode=related&search=

Next time you see a disabled person, you won't feel superior or better in anyway!

Great thread Fengy!

The man in the video is an Autistic Savant, those individuals have an exceptional talent in a certain field

interesting..Tell us more abt it :)

More vids of Savant Autism

1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKk96kOAnLg&mode=related&search=

2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vs6R5YZQ3c&mode=related&search=

they take a while to load..

Did you know that Einstein and Newton were probably autistic too?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2988647.stm

well done..

lets hope for the success of the new drug Risperdal (risperidone). it was used for schizophrenia and now approved by FDA for autism.

links:
Autism 1 (http://groups.msn.com/TheAutismHomePage/risperidone.msnw)
autism2 (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=26879)

yeah i have heard of savants before...remarkable people.for example some one can have a reallly low IQ but be reallly quick in calculating mathematics sums on the spot.so if you stopped a savant who was able to do math well and u asked him to divided 3284728472478 by 463476 they would do it in a few seconds but if u gave asked them how much change would u get back if u bought a 5rial item while u gave 10rial they would have difficulty calculating that...was reading a physcology book in the library for weekss:D

but this does not necessarily mean that ALL geniuses in the world are savants or autistic..some of them are Reeallly that smart