Born on a Blue Day, a memoir, by Daniel Tammet, provides an enlightening view into the mind of a 27-year-old British savant with Asperger’s syndrome impairing Tammet's ability to cogitate conceptually, deviate from routine, commiserate, and interact with others yet, he is able to perform prodigious feats of anamnesis and mental arithmetics. Tammet discerns that he is quaint in the eyes of other even stating “Often autism is portrayed in the media as a very negative condition. . .” albeit he mounts himself aloft stereotypes and discloses that ediosyncrinces are what make us human while apprising his experience of discovering his eccentricity, encased in disabilities. To illustrate this, Tammet articulated “. . .the very same abilities that had set me apart from my peers as a child and adolescent, and isolated me from them, had actually helped me to connect with other people in adulthood and to make new friends.” (Tammet, 211). …show more content…
Despite these limitations, Tammet broke free of these chains, by merely ceasing to believe his eccentricity were his captives, but rather an inimitable pair of wings to soar upon. Furthermore, after conversing with Kim Peek, another savant who is reputable for featuring in Rain Man, Tammet elucidated Peeks message: “You don't have to be disabled to be different, because everybody's different." (Tammet, 201) on Page 201. This exemplifies, how in spite of the axiom that Tammets queer nature derived from his disabilities, everyone's mannerisms are ascertained in oneself, whether in the the form of _____ or an avocation, and while several people may try to suppress their uniquenesses, everyone's