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Publication Date: 1974
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Idiot Savants: A Categorization of Abilities
Hill, A. Lewis
Mental Retardation, 12, 6, 12-3, Dec 74
Reported from a search of 52 sources are categories of special abilities such as fine sensory discriminations and calendar calculations demonstrated by idiot savants (retarded persons exhibiting an unusually developed skill in some special task). (CL)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation
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