Brilliant mad - is intellectually handicapped people with outstanding abilities

Brilliant mad - is intellectually handicapped people who have some sort of outstanding ability, knowledge, skill or talent.
Brilliant mad sometimes gain fame. For example, the "genius Earlswood Hospital" deaf demented patient has an amazing ability: drawing, inventing and well versed in the art. He was widely known and highly respected.

Who lived in the XVIII century. Thomas Fuller, a slave from Virginia, was considered a hopeless imbecile. However, he could quickly calculate the exact number of seconds in 70 years, 17 days and 12 hours, taking into account leap years and 17 years.

In Gottfried Mind, which was considered "jughead nerd" was an amazing gift to draw cats. His image seemed so alive that throughout Europe it was known as "cat Rafael." One of his paintings graced the collection of King George IV.

Blind Tom Bethan famous genius madman with very limited intelligence, at the age of four years he played the piano works of Mozart and could accurately reproduce a piece of music of any degree of complexity. He was able to repeat the speech of any length in any language, without losing a single syllable. Once he passed the test, accurately repeating two pieces of 13 and 20 pages.

Ellen Boudreau, blind, mentally retarded girl suffering from rickets, had incredible musical talent. She could repeat any melody sung or played, regardless of its complexity after the first listening.

Kiyoshi Yamashita, who had a very low level of intelligence, a genius of graphic art. He was called the Japanese Van Gogh.

Alonzo Clemons, whose IQ is not higher than 40, lived in the house for the mentally ill in Boulder, Colorado, where he created hundreds of sculptures. One of them was sold in 1992 for 45 thousand. Dollars.

Londoner Stephen Wiltshire with IQ of 30 has created several books with beautiful pictures. One of them, "Floating City", led by the UK bestseller list.

Prematurely born blind Leslie Lemke has an amazing memory. He sings, plays and often takes part in a TV show. Lemke was the hero of two films: "women who want a miracle" (1985), awarded four awards "Emmy" and "island of genius" (1987).

Kim, a mathematical genius who lives in Salt Lake City (Utah), was the prototype of the character played by Dustin Hoffman in "Rain Man." Dr. Darold Treffert, worked for many years with these people, was a consultant on the film. Treffert wrote one of the most well-known books on the subject - "Amazing people: to understand the genius madman».

Source: Stephen Juan, «The Odd Brain»

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