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Originally Posted by Triple_R
I completely disagree. And again, I speak as someone who has an autistic cousin, so I'm familiar with the condition.
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In the end, how is this such a complete disagreement (your appeal to authority notwithstanding)? "Savant Syndrome" is not a mental disorder, it's just a way of classifying people who have really exceptional skills in one area in contrast to demonstrated weaknesses in other areas (such as social skills). So how is that actually so "completely different" from what Sumeragi was saying -- that she is "just eccentric, being focused on her work to the point she doesn't really care about anything else"? It's basically just semantics on whether you choose to call this "eccentric" or whether you choose to use a term like "savant syndrome" (which isn't really a syndrome). In either case, it doesn't show the signs of autism, and likely wouldn't get classed as a mental disease. I'm not sure why it's so important to put a label on it. She's unusual, but not unhealthy.