JeffreyNYA

Not exactly. People with autism can also be a prodigy in music, history, etc. It is more or less based on what their intense interest is. Sometimes their interest changes while other times it stays static and they may become experts in their interests. I have had a passion for science and math since about the 3rd grade because I am a math prodigy and I tend to be a very logical person (hence science makes a lot more sense than religion for me).

 

And yes, all people have some traits associated with personality disorders and mental illnesses but they are not severe enough to be considered as such.

 

Autism is neither a mental illness nor a personality disorder. It is a developmental disorder, but has some traits associated with OCD.

 

 

 

you can start by looking here:

 

link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autistic_Savant

I had this thought about Autism. I know that it is a disability to most that have it in whatever form it takes, but I have to wonder if it is really a disease or disorder. Let me explain as I don't want to offend anyone.

When I see the savant for example, I often wonder what happened in his brain and what went wrong. I start to think that it’s like a programmer messing around with code trying to make a program better but to only improve one area and to add bugs into another. It just seems to me that there may be some kind of evolution going on here. Like nature is trying to make us like a savant but in everyway.

I am pretty sure there is no way to prove any of this really, but it some how makes sense to me.