Another wunderkind, the kind Eric once was, he is a Keanu Reeves everydude-as-savant, gangling around the limo while following a tablet like Curious George following a butterfly, noting simply, almost sportingly, that they are now "staring at the void".
Despite these limitations, a small subset of autistics, known as savants, can also perform superspecialized mental feats.
In some cases, the party offered donors the chance to join "roundtables" — meetings for major givers disguised as high-minded discussions of national economic and social policy, where wealthy givers are treated as savants and sages.
Mr. Creamer presented Stengel, who was often portrayed as an idiot savant, as a nuanced personality of wit and intelligence.
"Pervasive popular culture representations of autism as entailing savant or savant-like skills, such as Atypical and The Good Doctor, can create real problems for those of us working to promote employment for folks across the autism spectrum.
In addition, some visualization programs such as IGV, Savant or the UCSC Genome Browser offer the possibility to obtain annotation tracks—such as reference genomes which facilitates the usage for inexperienced users.
Which is why La Russa says he does not want to think of himself as a savant.
In those days his condition was known as "idiot savant" and considered best treated in mental institutions.
Would it be right to view Lila as a savant, gifted in a way that Elena isn't?
He arrived as the savant of the political season, a novice who forced the retirement of the 41-year Democratic incumbent and House Appropriations Committee chairman, David Obey.
