Difference Between Prodigy and Savant

Overall an enlightening and informative article (though in need of some proof-reading); much appreciated. I would really appreciate it, though – and I’m sure many others would too – if you guys could elaborate on a very muddled and poorly-explained aspect of savant syndrome that doesn’t seem to be clarified anywhere I look on the web.

Everywhere you read about savant syndrome, it says the same thing: autism with savant syndrome is “incredibly rare”, followed by the assertion that “an estimated 10% of autistics have savant syndrome”. Well that’s not very rare now, is it?

As someone with Class-V Autism Spectrum Disorder who falls into this category, I know what they’re talking about: I once heard it described on a website (I can no longer find) as “semi-savant syndrome”, though plenty of searching now yields no diagnostic indications for any kind of a “semi”, “partial” or “milder” savant syndrome. This seems like a critical oversight to me.

I’m extremely interested to find some comprehensive material on this and hopefully, better understand myself in the process. “Semi-savant syndrome” does seem apt because for me, personally – and the vast majority of those who also fall into that 10% – there’s a wide-discrepancy in mental aptitudes, but milder in both directions.

[Trust me, this is not leading to braggery over what a “genius” I am; quite the opposite]

On the one hand, I’ve always exhibited abnormally-high aptitude and ease of application with writing and comprehension of English language structure, memorizing long random alpha-numeric sequences, researching any topic (exceptional capacity for acquisition, retention and comprehension), bio-medical sciences (particularly biochemistry and neurology), a level of proficiency in the application of raw/foundational logic that had my professors blown away, and more just high-bright range ability with computer sciences.
On multiple occasions, when several GP’s and medical specialists could find no way to solve or even treat some very serious medical problems I was having, in little time I devised experimental and purely-theoretical medical procedures (biochemical and mild surgical) , applied them to myself, and completely *cured* extremely-debilitating health problems who’s only solution from doctors entailed “sorry, there’s nothing we can do”.

BUT…On the other hand, I’m 30 years old and still without a drivers license; I took the learner’s test 3 times, studied thoroughly beforehand and still got confused by the questions and failed miserably all 3 times.
I constantly get confused by simple little things in the physical environment like not being able to figure out how the latch on my locker worked, navigating my way through a simple building to a given room, and I’ve totally given up on figuring out how to work the automated checkout machines they started putting in grocery stores… now there lies an exercise in hopeless, persistent humiliation.
Detecting lies, manipulation, fraud or just the subtleties of social cues… forget about it, in this I essentially *was* born yesterday.

I *REALLY* want to find literally written on this and figure out what’s happening in the brain, how many people might actually be similar to myself, and hopefully – just maybe – work on a treatment through guided neuroplasticity with sufficient mechanical understanding of neuro-mechanics (tremendously more possible than you might think – I can say from experience).

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