Graham English

Posts Tagged ‘autistic savants’

PBS NOVA: Musical Minds With Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks explores how the power of music can make the brain come alive. You need to watch this soon. It will only be available to watch for one week, from July 1-7, 2009, due to right restrictions.

Glenn Gould Playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations

This video is a magnificent example of musical peak performance. It’s possible that Glenn Gould had Asperger syndrome, a disorder related to autism. He really makes Johann Sebastian Bach come alive!

Another Drawing Savant And His Imaginary City

Here’s another autistic savant profile only this time the art is from his imagination.
Link: Boing Boing

The Foolish Wise Ones

BBC Learning: Fragments Of Genius. This is a remarkable show on autistic savants. I’ve included the link to the BitTorrent file of the show. Here are some of the highlights.
Derek Paravicini is completely blind and autistic. Numbers are difficult and he doesn’t know right from left. Yet he can reproduce anything he hears on the [...]