Sally Dibbs, Dibbs Sally. 461-0192 ."(Rain Man). This quote shows the remarable talent of a savant being able to remember a person from reading the phone book the night before .. This happens in literature as well as in life for those who live with savant syndrome. Forrest Gump, Raymond Babbit, and real-life savant Kim Peek all deal with the fact they are not the same as everyone else. Though dealt certain mental deficiencies, savants, whether fictional or real, all excel in there own ways. Savants are people who despite serious mental or physical disability have quite remarkable, and sometimes spectacular, talents (Hiles, 2002). Dr. J. London first described the syndrome in 1887, who also had discovered Down Syndrome in years earlier. He found that savants have a highly developed ability to play music or to solve complex math equations at great speeds. Savants usually have an IQ in the moderate mental retardation range. the mental state of a savant can be classified as being autism or mental retarded. These skills exist within a very narrow range of human abilities. ( Hiles, 2002). One in every two -thousand savants occurs in an institutionalized mentally retarded person. One in ten are found in autistic people. Savants usually live with someone else, in some cases they are able to live on the re own. Savants have been divided into two main categories in the ... ... middle of paper ... ...rimitive style to elegant-and-fine art. Alonzo, now in his mid-twenties, lives a home for people with mental retardation in Boulder, Colorado. His loving mother, Evelyn, visits him there very often. "To this day he continues to produce beautiful works of art and proves idiot savants really do exist." (Wisconsin Medical Society 38) With these three examples helped prove that, though dealt certain mental deficiencies, savants whether fictional or real still excel in some aspect of their lives. Being a shrimp boat captain, a Vegas card shark, or a famous artist these three men showed that they were worth more than what others estimated about them. It also proves that no matter what you are given in life there is always a way to achieve more. Mrs. Evelyn Clemons sums it up as she states "God takes, but God gives so much in return". These are truly words to live by.
Mademoiselle Reisz states to Edna that in order to be considered an artist, "one must possess many gifts-absolute gifts-which have not been acquired by one’s own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist must possess the courageous soul." (63) Although Edna and Mademoiselle share many characteristics that may possibly contribute to their future paths, they have one stifling difference; Mademoiselle Reisz possesses the wisdom to live the way that she does, Edna Pontellier does not.
In order to add something to their lives, [black families] decorated their tenements and their homes in all of these colors. I've been asked, is anyone in my family artistically inclined? I've always felt ashamed of my response and I always said no, not realizing that my artistic sensibility came from this ambiance.... It's only in retrospect that I realized I was surrounded by art. You'd walk Seventh Avenue and took in the windows and you'd see all these colors in the depths of the depression. All these colors.
Patricia Bauer was a former Washington post reporter and one of the founders of the UCLA, a school for young adults with intellectual disabilities, although she gains most of her knowledge on the topic from raising a daughter with Down Syndrome. This article was originally published in The Washington Post, one of the most circulates newspapers in America. When this article came out in August of 2008, two major things were happening concerning mental disabled people. The first was a movie that came out
Geniuses are defined people of "an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in creative and original work in science, art, music, etc." (“dictionary.com”). Unfortunately, I have yet to meet someone with such a gifted privilege and I am sure this society is full with these gifted individuals who I envy. There have been many times that I have wished I had a high IQ because I do have the tendencies to struggle
Savant syndrome describes a person having a developmental or mental handicap of some sort with extraordinary mental abilities not found in most people. Christopher?s mathematical interests are reflected in his numbering his chapters strictly with prime numbers, ignoring composite numbers, such as 4 and 6. He is also the first student to take an A level in Maths and to get an A grade at his school. Christopher has a photographic memory and is extremely observant. Similarly, Raymond has an excellent memory and is able to calculate complicated mathematical problems in his head with great speed and accuracy.... ...
... description an outlier on all five points. He was a man that came from nothing; his life was full of struggles that could have led him to fail. Even through uncontrollable circumstances seemed to hold him back; they also guided him down the correct path he needed to succeed. Einstein was intelligent enough, he made use of the “Matthew Effect”, the “10,000-hour” rule, “demographic luck”, and he had opportunity (Gladwell 15, 35, 129). Through a review of these effects on a persons success offered by Gladwell it is now easier to understand how a person like Einstein did in fact become such a success.
The two movies I choose to compare and contrast are I Am Sam and Radio. In both of these movies the main characters expressed signs of being exceptional learners. In I Am Sam, Sam Dawson, is the main character that shows autistic tendencies accompanied by intellectual disabilities. “The most common syndromes associated with intellectual disability are autism, Down syndrome, Fragile X syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).” (berns peter, 2016). (Nelson, 2002) (Tollin, 2003) (Taylor, 2015) Radio is a young man who is said to have ‘mental retardation’ a term that has been changed to intellectually disabled because of Rosa’s Law. Radio stumbles upon a football practice where his world about to change for the better.
Reed, Peter. "The Artist." Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. Florida Altantic University, 1999. Web. 03 Mar. 2014.
People with savant skills at the level of Raymond Babbitt are exceedingly rare but they do exist. Finally, not all savants are autistic. While the frequency of savant syndrome is much lower among the mentally retarded than among autistics, mental retardation is a much more common condition. The point is, while both are developmental disabilities, mental retardation and autism are separate conditions. There can be some similarities, and some mentally retarded persons can have some autistic features, but in general those two conditions require separate approaches.
For generations, only certain people have achieved success - they are known as geniuses or outliers; however, they did not obtain it on high IQs and innate talents alone. In the book Outliers, author Malcolm Gladwell, #1 bestselling author of The Tipping Point and Blink, reveals the transparent secret of success behind every genius that made it big. Intertwined with that, Gladwell builds a convincing implication that the story behind the success of all geniuses is that they were born at the right place, at the right time and took advantage of it. To convey the importance of the outlier’s fortunate circumstances to his readers, he expresses a respective, colloquial tone when examining their lives. Gladwell begins his examination of an outlier’s
Where High Renaissance art was natural, pleasingly graceful well matched, balanced; and stylish in appearance, the Mannerism
Forrest Gump is a movie that will be around for ages. It takes the complexes of multiple disabilities and puts them into one movie. The disabilities, or disorders, cover all three of the spectrums: emotional, mental and physical. The main character in the movie starts off with a physical and mental disability, but he ends up only living with his mental disability for the rest of his life. One of the most memorable quotes from this movie is “Stupid is as stupid does”. This quote is the premise of the movie in one short sentence.
As well as to exemplify that in order to judge one’s success, one has to look at the world around them – their upbringing, culture, community, and personality. Gladwell persuades his readers to believe his by showing the analogy of Chris Langan and Robert Openheimer. Langan had a challenging upbringing and with that didn’t come many chances for opportunity . He also didn’t learn the proper way to win over his audience when he needed to. Openheimer, on the other hand, had a privileged upbringing where his parents gave him ample opportunities and taught him valuable life lessons in order for him to be successful. Fast forward to their later years in life, and one will see that Langan, although he possessed the same intellectual talent as Openheimer, didn’t finish college and ultimately wasn’t successful. Openheimer became famous and “headed the American effort to develop the nuclear bomb during World War II.” (Gladwell
Savant syndrome isn’t bad or harmful at all to the autistic person it is actually highly beneficial to the person and other people so there is no need for treatment for this. There have been no previous records of anyone trying to treat savant. A big benefit that Charlie had from Raymond was being able to count playing cards. Charlie taught his brother how to play black jack. After Charlie took Raymond to the casinos in Las Vegas Raymond help Charlie when a bunch of money.
One of the main qualities that both these heroes had was courage. The reason for this is that there were many bad things that happened in their lives, and even though it was scary they push forward. Courage is one of the main qualities that people say when asked “What is a quality that a hero should possess?” We all what to be courageous, and when we see a “hero” being that, it makes us believe that we can be too. That is another good thing heroes do; they inspire us to, be courageous, to help somebody, or to not give up. "You blaze the trail. And sometimes that involves doing something that scares the heck out of you." (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/liz-murray-shares-her-tale-of-life-from-homeless-to-harvard/article1314532/) That is a quote by Liz Murray that inspires us to try something new and be courageous.