Autism Quote by Darold Treffert

Savant syndrome is not a disorder in the same way as autism is a disorder or dementia is a disorder. Savant syndrome are some…

— Darold Treffert

Savant syndrome, characteristically, consists of left hemisphere dysfunction coupled with right hemisphere emergence, and what you see in the savant are basically right brain…

— Darold Treffert

The term syndrome generally appears to be a constellation, or collection, of similar traits or behaviors within an individual. So, savants do have sort…

— Darold Treffert

“neurodiversity: the notion that conditions like autism, dyslexia, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) should be regarded as naturally occurring cognitive variations with distinctive strengths that…

— Steve Silberman

As a scientist leading a funding agency for autism research, I think of autism as a neurodevelopmental disorder.

— Thomas R. Insel

The autistic brain tends to be a specialist brain, good at one thing, bad at something else.

— Temple Grandin

“Incapable of emotion—high-functioning Asperger's Syndrome with areas of prodigious savant skills.”

— J.A. Huss

Some autistic people have savant skills. All autistic people do not have savant skills. Autism is a very variable disorder varying all the way…

— Temple Grandin

What makes autism different is the history of neglect into the disorder. It's remained such a mystery that science has been very slow to…

— Elizabeth Emken

Autism is not a disability, it's a different ability.

— Stuart Duncan

A savant, by definition, is somebody who has a disability and, along with that disability, has some remarkable ability. Prodigies and geniuses have the…

— Darold Treffert

Autism's a very big spectrum. At one end of the spectrum, Einstein would probably be labeled autistic, Steve Jobs, half of Silicon Valley, you…

— Temple Grandin