Savant Syndrome Definition

Savant Syndrome Sentence Examples

• Children who display savant syndrome have traditionally been referred to as idiot, retarded, or autistic savants.

• The first known description of a person displaying savant syndrome occurred in a German psychology journal in 1751.

• About half of all children with savant syndrome are autistic.

• Approximately 10 percent of all children with autism have savant syndrome.

• Less than 1 percent of the non-autistic population, including those with mental retardation and other developmental disorders, have savant syndrome.