This is a really fascinating story, directly from the perspective of an autistic savant, with Asperger's Syndrome. Tammet, who wasn't diagnosed until he was 25, tells his story from birth. He's a fairly high-functioning guy, and it's pretty amazing how he manages to negotiate life. Especially vivid are his descriptions of his synesthesia, meaning he experiences numbers and words as colors and shapes, which is one of the reasons he is so fluent at languages, and incredibly good at math, a la Rainman.
A fast read, and really interesting.
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