Jake: Math prodigy proud of his autism
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Uploaded by CBSNewsOnline on Jan 15, 2012
At age two, Jake Barnett was diagnosed with autism and his future was unclear. Now at age 13, Jake is a college sophomore and a math and science prodigy. Jake says his autism is key to his success. Morley Safer reports.
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@leanjhuls T_T holy shit balls. its called ostracism. fuckin shit sheeple. your everything wrong with the world today. Ron Paul for president.
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Anyone else feel really dumb
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@music78906 People think autistic kids are "retarded"??? Most people I've met think the oppoiste--that all autistic people are savants in some field like barnett is -.-
I feel like that's an even worse stereotype.
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" The whole randomness thing thats like completely against all of physics" Could not agree more. There is chaos then through that chaos order prevails.
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i liked The Shinning reference :p 4:17
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@clearevil I like the part where he's 13 and already hanging around college girls. I'm sure you can't say you did that at 13
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@leanjhuls not gunna lie, if I was that smart I'd rub it in everyones face too, why the hell not
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Doogie Howser anyone???
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I need to teach myself all the high school math.. and I got roughly 2 weeks...
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So inspiring. :)
Goes to show that autistic kids aren't "retarded" like everyone seems to think.
Jake is amazing!
music78906 1 month ago 17
One thing he haven't learned just yet: Humility.
leanjhuls 3 weeks ago 4