Jake: Math prodigy proud of his autism

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At age two, Jake Barnett was diagnosed with autism and his future was unclear. Now at age 13, Jake is a college sophomore and a math and science prodigy. Jake says his autism is key to his success:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-5 ... is-autism/

I saw Jake on 60 minutes last night. Wow incredible!

It's great that his parents did the right things with him so that he could excel.

his future is in the stars.

wish i was that smart

me too.

Which I had his memory!

the throughput speed and the memory are a package deal. gotta have the whole package.

But math and science is also all he does at school and in his spare time. I think a lot of people could be very successful in any field that they put every waking moment of their undivided attention into. It's about willing to work on that key thing every day, all the time, forever, no matter what circumstance.

something tells me he is universally gifted, IOW he is exceptionally good at everything. most gifted people are indeed good at doing anything and everything, like being able to play any musical instrument the first time, and learning languages in a week, that sort of thing.

I think it's great that he's able to pursue things at his level. I am in no way a genius like Jake, but I have always loved teaching myself advanced topics in my special interest areas of science and Spanish. I never was given a chance (even now as I wait to be accepted to grad school) to show my talents. It's like people don't listen or offer most of us Aspies a chance to demonstrate what we're capable of unless we have absolutely extraordinary savant capabilities like Jake or Daniel Tammet. Jake should be so proud that he was able to make people listen to him and take him seriously at such a young age. I just wish that this could happen more with Aspie special interest giftedness, not just when the individual is brilliant beyond extremes, you know?

^^^
QFT!

^ Quantum Field Theory? What? hahaha