Strong fine motor skills: Many children and adults on the autism spectrum have difficulty with fine motor skills. This compromises their ability to draw, use scissors, or play an instrument. While most children with autism can learn these skills over time, they won't learn at the same speed as their typical peers.
Sensory hypersensitivity may make an autistic person much more perceptive than a neurotypical (non-autistic) person. The extreme attention to detail common in autistic people may manifest as talent in mathematics, art or other fields. Autistic persons who have talent in art are often outsiders in the art community.
Children have an inherent sense of creativity that grows and stretches as their minds develop. Children on the autism spectrum in particular can display a deep sense of creativity and imagination. Individuals on the spectrum can be extremely creative thinkers and artists as professionals.
5 (A), both the ASD group and TD group sometimes draw paintings with repetitive patterns inside them. However, TD children draw more significant repetitive patterns and these patterns usually have semantic relationships with the whole image while children with ASD usually draw less meaningful patterns.
Anecdotal evidence has shown that many people on the spectrum are very intelligent and creative with cognitive abilities more than their neurotypical peers. Plus, sensory hypersensitivity and the tendency of people with ASD to focus more intensely on details may lead to them being good in fine arts & other talents.
Children who are part of an autism spectrum disorder have a significant delay in the drawing process, and this delay is not related to the IQ, but rather to the Social Affection area investigated by the ADOS.
Memorising and learning information quickly. Thinking and learning in a visual way. Logical thinking ability. May excel (if able) in academic areas such as science, engineering and mathematics as they are technical and logical subjects that do not heavily rely on social interaction.
Savants with autism typically show amazing skill within one or more general ability domains. Mathematical, artistic, musical, spatial and mechanical abilities are most common. Most savants have a single skills but some have been reported to have more than one.
Autism and intelligence are two separate characteristics. A person can be autistic with any level of intelligence. But if your child is gifted and autistic, it can seem like the two are connected.
Not All Autistics Are Mathematic Savants, But Many Have Above-Average Math Abilities. It turns out that, despite impressions, most ASD patients may not be any better at math than their counterparts at a particular age or developmental stage.
Yet, lack of imagination is often considered one of the notable traits of autism.
These can include extensive mathematical abilities, memorization, and artistic or musical skills. The artistic autistic savants often possess the ability to draw extensively or play musical instruments without instruction and, often, after limited exposure.
Art fits naturally with autism in that it can help those with autism express themselves through images while also being a soothing activity. Face to face interactions, such as conversations can be stressful for those with autism, which makes it difficult to understand what the individual is feeling or thinking.
All the children showed good abilities for drawing. During the visits to our clinic they drew very willingly. It appeared that starting from draw- ing a picture is good way to start communication and friendly rela- tions with AS children building the contact with them more easily.
Savant syndrome is a rare, but extraordinary, condition in which persons with serious mental disabilities, including autistic disorder, have some 'island of genius' which stands in marked, incongruous contrast to overall handicap.
The intelligence levels of autistic people, in general, are highly polarized, with many autistic people scoring average to above-average; compared to the general public, more autistic people score in the gifted range (140+ IQ).
Someone who is considered a savant may be especially skilled in art, math, music, memory recall, or another subject. Savant syndrome is commonly associated with autism but can occur alongside other conditions.
Autistic children are often strong in areas like visual, rule-based and interest-based thinking. A developmental assessment or an IQ test can identify autistic children's thinking and learning strengths.
However, the fitness tests showed that aerobic fitness, flexibility and body mass index of children with autism spectrum disorders was similar to the children without autism. The strength test was the only one that children with autism spectrum disorders did not perform as well in, the study said.
Children with autism have clear memories, recalling facts or events that others have forgotten. They also possess 'splinter skills', or abilities but are incredibly high-level. For example, a child may be able to recite entire TV show episodes without understanding the story.
For people on the autism spectrum, the world is a bewildering place. With oversensitive sensory systems, they battle to process the maelstrom of information flowing into their brains. Often the result is sensory overload, leading to signature behaviours such as tantrums, anxiety and social withdrawal.