as savant, 94
visual and auditory memory of, 93
With Eyes Wide Open (documentary), 90
Wawro, Ted, 82–83, 85–90, 92, 93
weak central coherence theory, 119, 134, 173
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, 133
Weiss, Eve, 65–71, 81
Widener, George, 62, 157
Wiener, Leo, 75–76
Wiener, Norbert, 75
William (Lucie and Mike’s son):
autism of, 19–22, 25, 29–30
autism recovery of, 9, 176–77
and behavioral therapy, 181
birth of, 11
education of, 79
empathy of, 127–28
hobbies of, 10
and media, 80
memory feats of, 26–29, 217
and music, 28–29, 217
obsessions of, 21–24, 26, 81, 95
as prodigy, 31
progress of, 22–23, 217–18
Wiltshire, Stephen, 97
Wing, Lorna, 173
Winner, Ellen, 40
With Eyes Wide Open (documentary), 90
World Health Organization (WHO), International Classification of Diseases (ICD), 7n
Yeak, Min Seng, 181–85
Yeak, Ping Lian, 181–88
and art, 184–88, 216
and his father’s death, 185, 188
Zhyk, Lena, 138, 143
Zimmer, Hans, 70
Zimmern, Andrew, 47
zinc-finger nucleases, 201
* Throughout this book, we use the names and describe the lives of real children. Garrett James is an exception. Garrett’s story is based on that of an actual child, but to protect his identity we have used a pseudonym and obscured the details of his development. The child’s actual accomplishments are even greater than those described here—hard to imagine, we know!
* The World Health Organization publishes another diagnostic tool, the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). Both the DSM and the ICD are used in clinical practice and research. For the sake of clarity and simplicity, we’ll focus our discussion on the DSM.
* Lucie, Mike, Alex, and William wanted to share their story but still maintain their privacy. At their request, we’re not disclosing their last names and have limited their location to Ontario, Canada. The facts of their story have not been altered.
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