AN INCLUSIVE KIND WORLD

  An autistic savant is someone with ​autism who has an extraordinary area of knowledge or ability.  Savantism is often common among autistic individuals.   I had researched about savantism in university for my project and I read somewhere that savants may have experienced an injury in the left part of their brain which somehow lets them exhibit unusual abilities.  I also read about Stephen Wiltshire, a British artist who was diagnosed with autism at a very young age. He was referred to as a "human camera'' because of his ability to draw landscapes from memory after just seeing them once.  Mind-blowing.  Most savants have abilities in musical, artistic or mathematical domains. Some others possess the skill of ‘calendar calculating’, quickly computing the day of the week of any date in the past or future. I have seen this before. During Patrick's speech center's Christmas concert, there was a boy who could mention any day of the week a date falls on. For example,

"Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They are  both  fruits, but taste completely different" - Stephen King  In my last post I put up a number of movies that showcase ASD and someone had asked me “ what about books?’’. Unfortunately, I haven't read so many books on autism, but I have heard of some lovely, educative fiction and non-fiction books and I'm going to recommend some. “ HIGHS AND LOWS OF HAVING A SIBLING WITH AUTISM" by Oluwatoyin Odunuyi.  I wrote this book last year and released it on World Autism Awareness Day (April 2nd). This memoir talks about my experience with having an autistic brother and how I have been able to manage the situation properly. In this, I had disclosed some of my personal stories- some are hilarious and very relatable to individuals with special needs siblings.  I know some people would have to agree with me that having a sibling on the spectrum is not that easy, but it's something we can do if all hands are o