Savant syndrome and autism, I think, are not disorders of brain structure, but they're disorders of brain function.

- Darold Treffert

When we come to research, if we want to find out the cause of autism, we're going to have to be much more specific, and that's why when it comes to r…

- Darold Treffert

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names in research.

- Darold Treffert

When you first try to learn to ride a bike, you work very carefully at keeping your balance, and trying to keep one pedal in front of the other, and …

- Darold Treffert

When I met my first savant in 1962, I was impressed by the abilities in these youngsters who had severe disabilities. They appeared to me to be islan…

- Darold Treffert

Savant syndrome is not a disorder in the same way as autism is a disorder or dementia is a disorder. Savant syndrome are some conditions that are sup…

- Darold Treffert

Savant syndrome, characteristically, consists of left hemisphere dysfunction coupled with right hemisphere emergence, and what you see in the savant …

- Darold Treffert

Not everyone who has a savant skill I would equate with a genius.

- Darold Treffert

We have medicalized a lot of things that I think are not really medical conditions.

- Darold Treffert