Monday, March 28, 2011

Savant Syndrome

Savant syndrome is a condition in which a person is limited in mental ability but has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing. A big example of this is Derek Paravicini. Derek was born prematurely at 25 weeks, who was also born with mental disabilities and blindness. Derek suffers from dressing himself, speaking, and even tieing is own shoes. But when it comes to playing the piano he is a genious and musical whiz. He was able to hear any song and play it with perfection on the piano, including mozart. Later on Derek began preforming concerts infront of thousands and even for Princess Diana. He was featured on Stan Les's Superhumans where his savantism and superhuman music ability was shared.

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