The Prodigy's Cousin (38 page)

culinary talents of,
55
–56,
57
,
95
,
211

empathy of,
127

IQ test of,
56
–58

and molecular gastronomy,
52
–53

Grossman, Terre,
46
–48,
54
,
81

Hardy, Edward Rochie Jr.,
34
–36

HIV research,
194
–202

CCR5-Delta32 gene,
196
,
197
–99,
201
–2

Patient 205,
201
–2

stem cell transplants,
198
–99,
200

Timothy Ray Brown cure,
196
–201

zinc-finger nucleases,
201

Hoffman, Dustin,
102

Hollingworth, Leta,
34
–36

homozygosity,
196

Human Brain Project,
128

Hütter, Gero,
197
–200

infant prodigies,
see
child prodigies

Insel, Thomas,
178
,
192
,
206

intense world theory,
128
,
130
–31,
134

Jackson, Peter,
70

James, Garrett (pseud.),
1
–4,
39
,
44
,
57
,
95
,
98
,
193
,
211

Jason (pseud.),
123

John Paul II, Pope,
94

Jones, Valerie,
139
–40,
146
,
149

Kanner, Leo,
40
–41,
42
,
59
,
76
,
94
,
131
,
172
,
189
,
190

Kearney, Michael,
38

Keller, Thomas,
53

Komar, Jacob,
126
–27

Konantovich, Adam (pseud.),
37

Kozhevnikov, Maria,
170

Lauer, Matt,
165

Lee, Sarah
181
–88,
189

left-brain injury, right-brain compensation,
154
–55,
157

Leishman, Molly,
83
–84

Lemke, Leslie,
62

Lennon, John,
212

Leslie, Alan,
120

Lovaas, O. Ivar,
179

Lucie (Alex and William's mother),
9
–31,
79
–80,
81
,
127
,
176
,
178
,
181
,
216
–18

McHugh, Tommy,
153

Markram, Henry,
128
,
130

Markram, Kamila,
130

Marshall, Bethany (pseud.),
37
–38

Martinez, Rosa C.,
186
,
216

mastery, ten thousand hours to,
81

memory:

of autists,
26
–29,
60
,
63
,
217

expert,
57
–58

and genetic link,
194

and IQ tests,
58
–59,
80
,
167
,
168
,
231
n

of prodigies,
63
,
96
,
170

of savants,
60
,
62
–63,
96

Meyer, Danny,
51

Mike (Alex and William's father):

and Alex,
10
,
13
,
17
–18,
19

and autism,
15
,
176

and William,
27

Miller, Bruce,
154
,
157

mind blindness theory,
119
,
120
–21,
134

Morelock, Martha,
37
,
168
,
193

Mottron, Laurent,
180

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus,
34

Mr. Z. (savant),
153
–54

mutation, use of term,
242
n

Nadia (savant),
60
–61,
62

neurodiversity,
203
,
263
n

Nyiregyházi, Erwin,
33
–34

object visualization vs. spatial visualization,
168
–70,
171

Ocho (social video app),
121

Olmstead, Marla,
72

operational thought,
36

Ozonoff, Sally,
178

Padgett, Jason,
152
,
157

Patient 205 (HIV),
201
–2

Patrick (autist),
4
,
39
,
44
,
193

Paul, Les,
69

Paxton, Bill,
195
–96

PCSK9 gene,
202

Pearson, Becky,
101

PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System),
14
,
103

Pépin, Jacques,
47

Petrill, Stephen,
114

Piaget, Jean,
32
–33,
36

Pizzarelli, Bucky,
69

Portia Learning Centre,
15
–16,
18
–19,
22
,
29
,
178

precocious children,
226
n

prodigies,
see
child prodigies

Rain Man
(film),
102

Raven's Progressive Matrices,
133

Ray, Rachael,
47

recovery:

and behavioral therapy,
178
–81

“emergence” vs.,
256
n

search for causes of,
178

and stem cells,
198
–99,
200
–201

and training the talent,
181
,
185
,
186
,
188
–92,
259
n

Research Domain Criteria project (RDoC),
206
–8

Resilience Project,
202

Révész, Géza,
33
–34

Reyes, Javier,
149

Robert F. (autist),
256
n

Rouleau, Guy,
174
–75,
208

Russell, Jim,
65
–67

Russell, Jonathan,
64
,
65
–71,
75
,
79
,
80
,
81
,
98
,
171
,
211
–12

Rutter, Michael,
77

Sacks, Oliver,
155

Safer, Morley,
114

Sally-Anne test,
120

Sarah (chimpanzee),
119
–20

savants:

acquired,
153

and autists,
62
–63

environmental triggers of,
152

gender skew in population of,
157

genetic studies of,
174
–75

induced skills of,
156

as “islands of genius,”
61
–63

and left-brain injury, right-brain compensation,
154
–55,
157

memory of,
60
,
62
–63,
96

obsessions of,
81
,
94
–95,
189

research with,
153
–57

talents of,
61
–62

schizophrenia,
174
,
208

sensory processing disorder,
67

Shore, Howard,
70

Sinclair, Jim,
203

60 Minutes,
113
–14,
171

SLC30A8 gene,
202
,
204

Snyder, Allan W.,
155

spatial imagery,
171
–72,
253
n

Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales,
56
–58,
80
,
166
–70,
171
,
231
n

stem cell transplants,
198
–99,
200
–201

Strokes of Genius,
186
,
216

Suzuki music instruction,
66
–67,
122

synesthesia,
111
–12

Tammet, Daniel,
62
,
112

testosterone,
96
,
157

Thatcher, Margaret,
88
,
94

theory of mind,
119
–21,
173

This, Hervé,
52
–53

Tiessen, Doug,
137
,
138
–39,
143
–51

Lyme disease of,
141
,
215

Tiessen, Josh,
136
–45,
146

and art,
138
–43,
214
,
215

Arts for a Change,
143

birth of,
137
–38,
150
,
151

family of,
137

philanthropy of,
142
–43

Tiessen, Julie,
137
–39,
141
,
143
–44,
146
–51

Lyme disease of,
141
,
215

pregnancies of,
137
–38,
150
–51

Tiessen, Zac,
139
–51

birth of,
138

childhood of,
138
,
139
,
143
–45

head injuries of,
137
,
145
–46,
149
–50,
215

and Josh's art,
140
–41,
146

and music,
144
,
146
–49,
150
,
214
–15

Tiessen family, Lyme disease in,
141
,
149
,
215

Touchstone, Taylor,
97

training the talent,
181
,
185
,
186
,
188
–92,
259
n

Treffert, Darold,
61
–63,
152
,
190

twin studies:

of nature-nurture influence,
77

Twitter,
79

type 2 diabetes,
202
,
204

Urbach, Deborah,
122

Urbach, Jourdan,
121
–26

and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,
124

fund-raising by,
123
–24,
125
–26,
213
–14

and Ocho,
121

positive impact as quest of,
124
–26

valproic acid (VPA),
128
,
129

Veggie U,
51
,
53
–54,
56
,
127

verbalizers vs. visualizers,
170

visual-spatial skills,
166
–67,
168
–70,
171
,
253
n

Voiers, Doug and Nancy,
71
–75

Voiers, Lauren,
64
,
71
–75,
79
,
80
,
81
,
95
,
166
,
212

Wawro, Mike,
82
,
84
–93

Wawro, Olive,
82
–83,
85
,
86
,
90

Wawro, Richard,
82
–94

artwork of,
85
–90,
93
–94

autism of,
89
–90,
91

death of,
92

legacy of,
212

as savant,
94

visual and auditory memory of,
93

With Eyes Wide Open
(documentary),
90

Wawro, Ted,
82
–83,
85
–90,
92
,
93

weak central coherence theory,
119
,
134
,
173

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children,
133

Weiss, Eve,
65
–71,
81

Widener, George,
62
,
157

Wiener, Leo,
75
–76

Wiener, Norbert,
75

William (Lucie and Mike's son):

autism of,
19
–22,
25
,
29
–30

autism recovery of,
9
,
176
–77

and behavioral therapy,
181

birth of,
11

education of,
79

empathy of,
127
–28

hobbies of,
10

and media,
80

memory feats of,
26
–29,
217

and music,
28
–29,
217

obsessions of,
21
–24,
26
,
81
,
95

as prodigy,
31

progress of,
22
–23,
217
–18

Wiltshire, Stephen,
97

Wing, Lorna,
173

Winner, Ellen,
40

With Eyes Wide Open
(documentary),
90

World Health Organization (WHO),
International Classification of Diseases
(
ICD
),
7
n

Yeak, Min Seng,
181
–85

Yeak, Ping Lian,
181
–88

and art,
184
–88,
216

and his father's death,
185
,
188

Zhyk, Lena,
138
,
143

Zimmer, Hans,
70

Zimmern, Andrew,
47

zinc-finger nucleases,
201

*
Throughout this book, we use the names and describe the lives of real children. Garrett James is an exception. Garrett's story is based on that of an actual child, but to protect his identity we have used a pseudonym and obscured the details of his development. The child's actual accomplishments are even greater than those described here—hard to imagine, we know!

*
The World Health Organization publishes another diagnostic tool, the
International Classification of Diseases
(
ICD
). Both the
DSM
and the
ICD
are used in clinical practice and research. For the sake of clarity and simplicity, we'll focus our discussion on the
DSM
.