Just read about these guy and I am absolutely gobsmacked !!! WOW.
Alonzo Clemons
Rather than being born neurologically different, Alonzo, from Boulder, Colorado, suffered a traumatic head injury as a child. The incident rendered him developmentally disabled, with a low IQ of 40-50. However, from memory, Alonzo sculpts anatomically perfect figurines of animals from clay. He was in an institution for most of his life, where they banned him from sculpting, presuming this was holding him back from alternative learning. Alonzo soon found ways around this – by scraping off sealant putty from around the windows. His figurines have sold for up to $45,000
Stephen Wiltshire
London born Stephen has been the subject of many tests and observations. Diagnosed as mute and autistic, those around him were astounded when by the age of five, he was drawing complex landscapes by memory. Stephen has been sent up in helicopters all around the world by those who want to realize the full extent of his architectural Savantism. He has consistently replicated highly complex scenes, such as old Rome, central London and the New York skyline. This resulted in a series of books, including “Drawings” (1987), “Cities” (1989), “Floating Cities” (1991), which made the Sunday Times Bestsellers list, “Stephen Wiltshire’s American Dream” (1993), and the “Stephen Wiltshire Catalogue 2008″. Stephen can now verbally communicate at a basic level.
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Some more amazing people: 6 People Who Gained Amazing Skills from Brain Injuries
http://www.cracked.com/article_19504_6-people-who-gained-amazing-skills-from-brain-injuries_p2.html
Alonzo Clemons
Rather than being born neurologically different, Alonzo, from Boulder, Colorado, suffered a traumatic head injury as a child. The incident rendered him developmentally disabled, with a low IQ of 40-50. However, from memory, Alonzo sculpts anatomically perfect figurines of animals from clay. He was in an institution for most of his life, where they banned him from sculpting, presuming this was holding him back from alternative learning. Alonzo soon found ways around this – by scraping off sealant putty from around the windows. His figurines have sold for up to $45,000
Stephen Wiltshire
London born Stephen has been the subject of many tests and observations. Diagnosed as mute and autistic, those around him were astounded when by the age of five, he was drawing complex landscapes by memory. Stephen has been sent up in helicopters all around the world by those who want to realize the full extent of his architectural Savantism. He has consistently replicated highly complex scenes, such as old Rome, central London and the New York skyline. This resulted in a series of books, including “Drawings” (1987), “Cities” (1989), “Floating Cities” (1991), which made the Sunday Times Bestsellers list, “Stephen Wiltshire’s American Dream” (1993), and the “Stephen Wiltshire Catalogue 2008″. Stephen can now verbally communicate at a basic level.
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Some more amazing people: 6 People Who Gained Amazing Skills from Brain Injuries
http://www.cracked.com/article_19504_6-people-who-gained-amazing-skills-from-brain-injuries_p2.html
