Stephen Wiltshire, autistic with camera memory
Posted by Sandy on 22nd April 2008
While it is well known that some people with autism also have savant syndrome, few are as gifted as Stephen Wiltshire. He has a creative gift of exceptional beauty. He can go up in an airplane or helicopter and fly over a geograhical area and later transcribe most, if not all, that he saw, right down to the number of window panes in a building. He is called a human camera for his unique visual memory. But, his gifts are far more than photographic. He can draw as well, freehand, without prior sketches. As a former art teacher and artist (when I was teaching school in the 1970’s and 1980’s), I can tell you that is very hard to do when you are drawing buildings and streets — where you need to know the perspective and distances involved.
Watch this short video (5 minutes in total) and be amazed at what this young man can do. With so much negative news around, it is a good news story to enjoy.
H/T to a regular reader.
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