Savants - abilities vs. disabilities?
Savants have special mental abilities, such as in math and memory. But they also have disabilities, such as an autism spectrum disorder. To mark World Autism Awareness Day we speak to savant researcher Dr Thorston Fehr.
Subject
- savant syndrome
- mental abilities
- neurodevelopmental disorder
- world autism awareness day
- autism spectrum disorder
- dr thorston fehr
- spectrum
- zulfikar abbany
Type of item
- factual
Subject
- savant syndrome
- mental abilities
- neurodevelopmental disorder
- world autism awareness day
- autism spectrum disorder
- dr thorston fehr
- spectrum
- zulfikar abbany
Type of item
- factual
Providing institution
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Issue date
- 2015-03-31
- 2015-03-31
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/data/euscreenXL/1956485
Language
- english
- eng
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Providing country
- Germany
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-06-02T12:07:51.534Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-11-11T15:21:35.135Z