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VOL. 4, ISSUE 6 (2017)
A psycho-educational evaluation and profiling of a male crypto-savant with non-verbal low-functioning autism
Authors
Boon Hock Lim, Kok Hwee Chia
Abstract
Severely neurologically impaired individuals, who manifest islets of
remarkable skills in specific areas of interest (e.g., drawing, sculpturing,
painting, music, memory feats, arithmetic and calendar calculations), are often
identified or described as savants. Initially, the term idiot savant – a
French term that means unlearned (idiot) skill (savant) – was
first used by down (1887) to describe such individuals with very poor general
ability, who were unable to live independently on their own but possessed
fantastic abilities in specific areas. An estimated prevalence of savantism in
the autistic population is 10 percent, whereas the prevalence in the
non-autistic population is less than 1 percent. In this paper, the authors have
chosen to delve on the psycho-educational diagnostic evaluation and profiling
of a crypto-savant (or hidden savant) boy (YY) with non-verbal
low-functioning autism that they have observed, assessed and worked with.
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Pages:396-410
How to cite this article:
Boon Hock Lim, Kok Hwee Chia "A psycho-educational evaluation and profiling of a male crypto-savant with non-verbal low-functioning autism". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol 4, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 396-410
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