would you be able to tell danial tammet has autism?

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not-all savants are impaired. Tammet is impaired..he has autism.

I like having my own views on things. As Asperger's is such in imprecise thing ie not scientific or not proved scientifically yet, it's impossible for any one person to be more 'correct' than another. So my opinion is as valid as anyone else's. I would say I think a genetic cause is the most likely one.

On the contrary, autism as a spectrum has been extensively documented, including documentation of common morbidities such as epilepsy. Your opinion does not carry the same weight as existing empirical evidence. It is well within your rights to believe in things that aren't true, but the fact that you believe them doesn't somehow make them equal to information that contradicts your views.

Also, drawing from a sample of two people is not remotely conclusive.

what dyou mean if i say so? It is a fact that not all savants are impaired..get yourself a dang education and dont roll your eyes at me and then complain to the mods that you dont want to interact with me.
the nerve.
Tammet is impaired with his epilepsy and aspergers.

I was agreeing with you as it's easier than having a row

is a row an argument?

I like having my own views on things. As Asperger's is such in imprecise thing ie not scientific or not proved scientifically yet, it's impossible for any one person to be more 'correct' than another. So my opinion is as valid as anyone else's. I would say I think a genetic cause is the most likely one.

I have met two people with epilepsy. One, a friend, had to have a large brain tumour removed when younger and this entailed severing his optic nerve which made him blind. It also affected him neurologically/cognitively ie it slowed down his thinking and focusing abilities and I think this is why we got on ie our thinking processes were slowed down hence he didn't have the usual impatience most NTs have with me. He also had epilepsy but it's not clear to me whether this was caused by the tumour or if he had a propensity towards developing it beforehand as he told me that as a child he used to bang his head a lot, which indicates some kind of brain disturbance or other.

Another person who had epilepsy was attending the same autism meetings to try and get services sorted out in my town and was saying she was autistic although hadn't been diagnosed. She was already involved with MENCAP and other learning disability groups and it was clear she had a learning disability. She did nothing to help me set up the group and was incredibly ignorant as regards even bothering to reply to my emails and as she had set up her own 'train employers to be less prejudiced against people with learning disabilities' business which had no work, it became clear she only saw the autism support group I was setting up as a possible route to work for her business. I realised she was not on the autistic spectrum at all and as NT as they come.
I had a short row with her on Facebook in which she was incredibly NT and it added to my theory that 99.9% of people with a LD are indeed very NT. She was also writing her life story which was incredibly long and boring as f-k. I felt that due to her LD she had been indulged to think she was far more intelligent and insightful than she was in reality and she really really irritated me.
Nevertheless, during the few meetings with the council she did attend I stood up for her to get people to listen when she wanted to speak as her slowness meant she wasn't being given the airspace to talk.

So, two people with epilepsy, neither with an ASD but one was sort of on my wavelength due to his slower cognitive function and the other I could have happily punched she was so annoying and self-serving!

I'm never in awe of these savant/celebrity Asperger etc types from the word go - they have to prove their credentials to me. I have looked into 'The Daniel Tammet Phenomenon' and lost interest quickly as I just didn't take to him.

I can envisage a lot of people with an ASD eagerly listening to him in rapt wonder though and that is why people like him will always be able to make a living. Not out of people like me though.

That's cool. I'm not in awe of him or any other famous person for any reason. Tammet hasn't made a dime from me.

He seems quite Aspie to me, and I guess it really doesn't matter to me whether it's the epilepsy or true Asperger's. People are who they are. I don't care what their credentials are. He's an interesting character for a few minutes on TV, but to tell you the truth, I don't think I could stand being around him for long since he seems to me to only be interested in talking about himself and his own interests.

A very aspie trait truth be told, and that alone was the strongest evidence for me. He's got the characteristics. What caused them I really don't care.

I remember a part where he talks about his frustration at dropping a piece of cutlery on the floor and it making him scream. I thought this was bizarre considering his skill in the other areas and while dropping cutlery would make me annoyed, I wouldn't scream outwardly and it made me feel sorry for his partner, having to live with such immaturity, which Daniel Tammet appeared to be trying to justify as just a facet of his autism. No, he was being a childish brat!

The only time I've ever screamed because of that is because I tried to catch it.

OUCH!

I've screamed/self-injured over seemingly "minor" things before.

It's called having a low tolerance for frustration.