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"Blue Nines and Red Words"
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Blue Nines and Red Words
Daniel Tammet
by Hadeer Eihab
Autism
Autism
a complex neurobehavioral condition that includes impairments in social interaction and developmental language and communication skills combined with rigid, repetitive behaviors
Symptoms
Children with autism have trouble communicating. They have trouble understanding what other people think and feel. This makes it very hard for them to express themselves either with words or through gestures, facial expressions, and touch.
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symmetrical
Meaning
Having slides or halves that are the same.
having or involving symmetry.
The human body is symmetrical.
Vocabulary
The artistic or beautiful qualities of something.
Ex:
It works well enough, but the shabby exterior offends his aesthetic sensibilities.
There are practical as well as aesthetic reasons for planting trees.
aesthetic
winding or circling around a central point and usually getting closer to or farther away from it . shaped or moving like a spiral.
Ex:
The glider flew in a wide spiral over the field.
Spiral
Savant syndrome is a rare, but extraordinary, condition in which persons with serious mental disabilities, including autistic disorder, have some ‘island of genius’ which stands in marked, contrast to overall handicap. . Whatever the particular savant skill, it is always linked to massive memory.
Savant Syndrome
what are the different ways in which people can be intelligent?
Intelligence can mean having a good memory, having the ability to calculate quickly, or having emotional skills. People can also have similar types of intelligences, but demonstrate them in different ways.
intelligence
Tammat
In this excerpt from his memoir Blue Nines and Red Words, Daniel Tammet describes how he thinks. Tammet has a condition called savant syndrome, which allows him to easily do calculations with large numbers. Tammet can do complex math in part because of his synesthesia, a neurological condition that causes a mixing of sensory input. When Tammet sees a number, he also sees specific colors, textures, and hears certain sounds. Tammet also explains that he has Asperger's syndrome, a mild form of autism. This condition makes it difficult for Tammet to understand emotions. Tammet illustrates how he uses numbers and his synthesia to help him understand how other people are feeling. Tammet wants to help readers understand how he experiences numbers and how different minds make sense of the world in different ways.