tapestry Archives - Living with Autism https://101autism.com Autism Resources for Daylife Tue, 26 Dec 2023 07:57:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://i0.wp.com/101autism.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/101-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 tapestry Archives - Living with Autism https://101autism.com 32 32 167941529 Whiz kid with Asperger’s syndrome aims high https://101autism.com/whiz-kid-with-aspergers-syndrome-aims-high/ https://101autism.com/whiz-kid-with-aspergers-syndrome-aims-high/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:26:22 +0000 https://101autism.com/?p=1192 INDIANAPOLIS – When Jacob Barnett first learned about the Schrodinger equation for quantum mechanics, he could hardly contain himself.

For three straight days, his little brain buzzed with mathematical functions.

From within his 12-year-old, mildly autistic mind, there gradually flowed long strings of plusses, minuses, funky letters and upside down triangles — a tapestry of complicated symbols that few can understand.

He grabbed his pencil and filled every sheet of paper before grabbing a marker and filling up a dry erase board that hangs in his bedroom. With a single-minded obsession, he kept on, eventually marking up every window in the home.

For the full story:

https://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/medical/conditions/story/2011/03/12-year-old-whiz-has-sights-set-on-stars/45083348/1

 

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