Savant - Stephen Wiltshire

From the English version of Expedition ins Gehirn.

Name: Stephen Wiltshire
Location: London, United Kingdom
Savant skill: Photographic memory, drawing

© 2006 colourFIELD tell-a-vision

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[aacrane]

No matter what you do, there is an autistic person much, much better than you.

[YouLooKy]

oh my god...

[Ph0be]

@XTCMatrix I guarentee you would not want to be autistic, you would NO social skills and terrible communication skills, he is a good drawer but he will never experience love, friendship, or overall happiness

[XTCMatrix]

@beatlefernando I would love to be him... he's not detached with the usual nonsensical crap of life.. he lives in his own world, his work is his world.

If people can call today's music singers artists, then why not Stephen?

This is not a disease... where is the negative of doing this?

The other disease he has on the other hand really is a disease ( the ability to not communicate properly).

[beatlefernando]

It's fantastic, but I don't know if it's art. He sacrifices very important parts of his brain to be able to do those kind of things. It's a desease. A fantastic one, but just a disease. I wouldn't want to be him. What about you?

[MrStuD19]

Sick

[Peaches70380]

Normally they say that Autistic people live in a world of their own because it's so hard for some of them to communicate with other people. They only associate with people very close to them. Family. Teachers. Therapists. Maybe that's what they were talking about.

[flordistil24]

is he considered an artist?

(i know hes a savant) but what about art wolrd??

[carnifexalpha]

I loved it when he said he found the Colosseum easy to draw. A truly remarkable person

[01stanbk]

even someone that was copying that from a photo whouldn't be so acurate!!! wow