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15 Jul 2011, 4:57 am

To me this guy sure seems like he is much more than a nt. Though his mother seemed to think you are either a nt or an Idiot Savant.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/l ... gy14m.html


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15 Jul 2011, 8:14 am

Sounds exactly like myself when I was a child.



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15 Jul 2011, 10:41 am

That does sound like more than a NT.


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15 Jul 2011, 1:00 pm

I'm not getting any connection at all between the story and the "NT vs. non-NT question."

Tiger Woods wanted to be a golfer at 4. Lots of successful athletes, actors, singers, musicians, etc. etc. who are NT's knew what they wanted at a very early age and never let go of it until they attained it.

This guy just happened to have an unusual passion. Doesn't make him NT or non NT. Special interests are not the sole domain of Autism. Lots of non-Autistics have them.

I don't see anything in the article to support your statement about his mother either.

"'He wasn't like an idiot savant,' says his mom. Teddy played soccer and baseball, was in Cub Scouts, hung out with his buddies, had a job at a nearby Safeway."

Not understanding how you got that idea from that. All she said was that he's not a Savant.


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