The Prodigy's Cousin
The Family Link Between Autism and Extraordinary Talent

Very interesting read accessible to those who are not scientifically minded. If you're looking for the scientific research and "proof," you're not going to find much to go on here, but I believe the author's intention was to share her ideas with a wider audience, raising public interest in further s......more

Honestly, I was expecting more, but then I spend most of my autism-related reading in the realm of research into mitochondrial , the links to PANDAS/PANS, the connections between the gastrointestinal system and the brain, MTHFR gene mutations and their effects on detoxification, et cetera. And they......more

I miss in the book more common exemples. In the one hand, the authors have only chosen to talk about children with such an intelligence that is only present in 1 of a million, or less, so... they're not really representative of the reality. In the other hand, they only show autistic children with ex......more