savants (savant syndrome)

An adaptation of the film "Rain Man" for pre-intermediate readers, in which Charlie Babbit, surprised to learn his father's entire fortune has been left to his older brother, decides it is time to get to know Raymond, an autistic man who has spent most of his life in an institution.

Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.

A dramatic adaptation of Mark Haddon's novel about Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy with an overwhelming fear of interacting with people, who decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.

A lightning strike made Lucy, twelve, a math genius but, after years of homeschooling, her grandmother enrolls her in middle school and she learns that life is more than numbers.

An examination of savant syndrome, looking at what is known about the condition and arguing that there is a resevoir of untapped brain potential in everyone.

A lightning strike made Lucy, twelve, a math genius but, after years of homeschooling, her grandmother enrolls her in middle school and she learns that life is more than numbers.

A lightning strike made Lucy, twelve, a math genius but, after years of homeschooling, her grandmother enrolls her in middle school and she learns that life is more than numbers.

No one sees the world as Jason Padgett does. Water pours from the faucet in crystalline patterns, numbers call to mind distinct geometric shapes, and intricate fractal patterns emerge from the movement of tree branches, revealing the intrinsic mathematical designs hidden in the objects around us. Yet Padgett wasn't born this way. Twelve years ago, he had never made it past pre-algebra. But a violent mugging forever altered the way his brain works, giving him unique gifts. His ability to understand math and physics skyrocketed, and he developed the astonishing ability to draw the complex geometric shapes he saw everywhere. The first documented case of acquired savant syndrome with mathematical synesthesia, Padgett is a medical marvel.