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autism

Robert Gagno and his pinball machines. (Wizard Mode)

The passions and possibilities of autism

A pair of tender new documentaries highlight how people with autism are so much more than society’s misconceptions, ascending into wizardry or falling into tragedy
Aug 22, 2013 – Jacob Barnett; Perimeter Institute; Paul Wells story.

Jacob Barnett, boy genius

Diagnosed with severe autism as a child, Barnett is now 15 and one of the world’s most promising physicists