Eleven-year-old autistic boy draws perfect world map from MEMORY

[AGXStarseed]

(Not written by me)

Eleven-year-old autistic boy draws perfect world map from MEMORY (and even includes borders and coastal islands)

• Image went viral after it was posted by user Bobitis on Reddit
• The unnamed youth, from New York, knelt on a chair to reach whiteboard
• The boy is the son of New York professor and drew map from memory

Think you've got a good memory? Think again.

Drawing a world map from scratch would already be considered a difficult feat, let alone taking on the near-impossible task of doing it from memory.

Yet, images have gone viral of a New Yorker accomplishing exactly that, and it just so happens that it's an 11-year-old boy.

The 11-year-old boy with autism is seen drawing the intricate map of the world from scratch

A professor in New York invited her 11-year-old autistic son to one of her classes, during which he got up on a chair and drew the world map from memory.

A student took the photos and her father posted them on the online community, Reddit, as user Bobitis.

Bobitis explained: 'He is the son of one of my daughter's professors. He came into the classroom today and did this.'

In the images, the youth is seen kneeling on a chair in order to reach the whiteboard, with his pen held to the extremely detailed map.

The world map was highly accurate and even included details such as political borders and tiny coastal islands

Not only is the map accurate, with some major countries labelled, but the high level of detail extends to the inclusion of political borders and even tiny coastal islands.

Reddit user Bobitis further commented: 'I just was amazed ...especially as a father of a child with similar attributes....that's all...'

Autism is a complex disability, and while some individuals can have specific difficulties with memory, others can also have exceptional memory and visual skills.


SOURCE: New York 11-year-old autistic boy draws world map from memory | Daily Mail Online

 

[King_Oni]

That's a cool skill to have. Most likely with little job perspective as well IMO.

I read this story the other day and this keeps resounding in my mind; Is this how we celebrate autism? By showing off the savant-likes that have some kind of "odd" skills, so we can perpetuate the stereotype of autism as something like this and the idea of "rainman".

The only thing people read about when it comes to autism is either that we're all incredibly gifted with skills most people can't do, but aren't really relevant in a sense of life- and survival skills... or the other extreme; "shooter most likely had autism".

IMO it creates the wrong idea for the general public.

Still; nice to share this story on the forum AGXStarseed.

 

[AsheSkyler]

But will he remember where his car keys are hiding when he's older?