Research reveals autistic individuals are in fact superior in
multiple areas We must stop considering the different brain
structure of autistic individuals to be a deficiency, as
research reveals that many autistics not just "savants" have
qualities and abilities that may exceed those of people who do
not have the condition, according to a provocative article
published today in Nature by Dr. Laurent Mottron at the
University of Montreal's Centre for Excellence in Pervasive
Development Disorders. "Recent data and my own personal
experience suggest it's time to start thinking of autism as an
advantage in some spheres, not a cross to bear," Mottron said.
Mottron's research team has strongly established and replicated
the abilities and sometimes superiorities of autistics in
multiple cognitive operations such as perception and reasoning,
as have others. His group includes several autistics, and one of
them, Michelle Dawson, is a particular success. Dawson makes
major contributions to our understanding of the cond