Beyond School

More learning. Less schooliness.

Beyond “Learning Disabled”: An Autistic Genius Draws Rome at a Glance

with 5 commentsPrint This Post Print This Post

And I have known the eyes already, known them all—
The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase,
And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,
When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,
Then how should I begin
To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?

                                                                –from T.S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

The next time somebody uses terms such as “learning disabled,” show them this amazing clip:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAyhz2m-UuQ[/youtube]

 

  • Share/Bookmark

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Written by Clay Burell

March 12th, 2008 at 7:03 am

5 Responses to 'Beyond “Learning Disabled”: An Autistic Genius Draws Rome at a Glance'

Subscribe to comments with RSS or TrackBack to 'Beyond “Learning Disabled”: An Autistic Genius Draws Rome at a Glance'.

  1. Incredible. I will definitely share this video with others. Good find!

    Charlie A. Roy’s last blog post..Survey Monkey a New Web Tool

    Reply

    Charlie A. Roy

    12 Mar 08 at 10:12 am

  2. [...] attention was drawn to the Education category where a brilliant young artist Stephen Wiltshire was featured. Take a look at the video and you’ll understand what I mean. [...]

  3. [...] attention was drawn to the Education category where a brilliant young artist Stephen Wiltshire was featured. Take a look at the video and you’ll understand what I mean. [...]

  4. [...] Beyond “Learning Disabled”: An Autistic Genius Draws Rome at a Glance | Beyond School [...]

  5. As a father of two ASD boys, I really appreciate your blog and the information you post!

    Reply

    Autism Game

    13 Sep 08 at 7:19 am

Leave a Reply

CommentLuv Enabled

Note: This post is over 2 years old. You may want to check later in this blog to see if there is new information relevant to your comment.

Additional comments powered by BackType

Get Adobe Flash playerPlugin by wpburn.com wordpress themes