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Prodigious Savant
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A prodigious savant is someone whose skill level would qualify him or her as a ‘prodigy,’ or exceptional talent, even in the absence of a cognitive disability. Prodigious savants are those individuals whose abilities would be considered phenomenal or “genius” even in a person without any limitations or special diagnosis of impairment. The most common trait of these “prodigious savants” is their seemingly limitless memonic skills, with many having eidetic or photographic memories. Indeed, prodigious savants are extremely rare, with fewer than one hundred noted in more than a century of literature on the subject. Darold Treffert, the leading researcher in the study of savant syndrome, estimates that fewer than fifty or so such individuals are believed to be alive in the world today. The most recognized prodigious savant is Raymond Babbitt (See the movie Rain Man), who could memorize phone books, count 246 toothpicks at a glance, and trump the house in Vegas. See Also
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