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 **Examples of Savants:**

Step 1: ** Read Paragraph
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 * Step 2: ** Read Different Category Descriptions and Paragraphs
 * Step 3: ** Watch Videos and Answer Questions
 * Step 4: **Make a Scenario
 * Step 5: ** Be Comfortable with Your Data

**Step 1:** Along with savant syndrome, there comes extraordinary abilities, and based on those abilities, different savants can be sorted into different categories. Whatever those extraordinary abilities may be, they can usually be categorized into separate sections. These have much more in depth definitions on the circumstances that specific savants are dealing with. These specific categories are very convenient because they help others better understand the life of a certain savant in greater detail than what we have learned thus far regarding savant syndrome in general.

**Step 2:**
 * Inexplicable Savant - Savants with indescribable abilities (for example, someone who can look at something and can make a sculpture out of it is put in the inexplicable savant category)
 * Idiot Savant - Savants with an average IQ of 25; They cannot read, write, or learn in general, but they will suddenly learn something
 * Prodigious Savant - Savants with such amazing musical talent, it would identify them as a prodigy
 * Autistic Savant - A broad category most savants fall under, simply meaning a savant with some type of autism or mental handicap
 * Spontaneous/Accidental Savant - A savant whose abilities are set on due to an accident, such as a blow to the head

These are a few of the more common categories savants are placed in, though there are many more; some savants don't fall into a category at all. Many savants express the phenomenon of being able to: remember every detail of moments in their lives, being able to calculate difficult problems in record time, knowing the day of week every day in history, and much more.

On the other hand, some of these abilities are not as extraordinary as they seem. Incredibly intelligent humans could achieve these feats, but that does not mean they have savant syndrome. Note the difference between a genius and savant as we will be getting more in depth with the topic as we progress to the Genius vs. Savant page.

**Step 3:** Here is one video of a savant who has obviously been placed in one of the categories above ---

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Questions after the video: 1. What category of savants would you put Rex under? Why? 2. How do you think Rex can play the piano so well when he can't see the keys? 3. Would you ever like to be in Rex's position? Why or why not? 4. Do you think Rex has his day to day life as easy as you and I? (give examples of things he may struggle with or can accomplish with ease) 5. Make a list of the pros and cons of life as a savant.

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Now that you have a basic knowledge of some the more in-depth categories savants can fall under, look at more detailed descriptions or videos on spontaneous savants. Once you have finished this, create a scenario of how a person became a savant in an accidental situation. When you have finished your scenario, think of how life would be if you were the person from your scenario and how your life would be affected after the incident. Would it make your life better or would you be held back from your full potential in all subjects? Would you be able to accomplish all of your every-day activities with as much ease? Think about these questions; once you have thought of the answers in detail, you will have a better understanding and be more accepting of savant syndrome as a whole. This assignment will help prepare you for your end project and you can later refer back to your answers if needed. =====

**Step 5:** Be comfortable with all the data you have learned on this page and all of the others because it will aid you with your final project, by giving you somewhere you can refer back to by giving you an easier understanding.

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