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Sowell wrote a well-researched book criticizing "[[black redneck culture]]"<ref>[http://www.tsowell.com/Rednecks.htm Black Rednecks &amp; White Liberals]</ref> in which he points out that, "some blacks resent anything that suggests anything negative about themselves."<ref>[http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4296 Black Rednecks and White Liberals: Who's a Redneck?]</ref>
 
Sowell wrote a well-researched book criticizing "[[black redneck culture]]"<ref>[http://www.tsowell.com/Rednecks.htm Black Rednecks &amp; White Liberals]</ref> in which he points out that, "some blacks resent anything that suggests anything negative about themselves."<ref>[http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4296 Black Rednecks and White Liberals: Who's a Redneck?]</ref>
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==Einstein Syndrome==
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'''Einstein syndrome''' is a term coined by the economist [[Thomas Sowell]] to describe exceptionally bright people who experience a delay in development of [[Speaking|speech]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=James|first1=Ioan|title=Autism in mathematicians|journal=The Mathematical Intelligencer|date=15 November 2008|volume=25|issue=4|pages=62–65|doi=10.1007/BF02984863}}</ref>  Commonalities include usually being boys, delayed speech development, highly educated parents, musically gifted families, puzzle-solving abilities, and lagging social development.<ref name= "Sowell">{{cite book | first = Thomas |authorlink=Thomas Sowell| last = Sowell | title = The Einstein Syndrome: Bright Children Who Talk Late | pages = 89–150 | publisher = Basic Books | year = 2001 | isbn = 0-465-08140-1 }}</ref>  Einstein syndrome can often be misdiagnosed as [[autism]].  Many of these high achieving late-talkers were notoriously strong willed and noncompliant as children.<ref name="mitpress">{{cite web|title=Five Minutes with Stephen Camarata|url=https://mitpress.mit.edu/blog/five-minutes-stephen-camarata|website=The MIT Press|publisher=The MIT Press|accessdate=3 March 2016}}</ref>  One major difference between Einstein syndrome and autism is that in Einstein syndrome, communication skills automatically reach a normal level and the child requires no further special treatment.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Camarata|first1=Stephen M.|title=Late-talking children : a symptom or a stage?|date=2014|isbn=9780262027793}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Treffert|first1=DA|title=Savant syndrome: realities, myths and misconceptions.|journal=Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders|date=March 2014|volume=44|issue=3|pages=564–71|doi=10.1007/s10803-013-1906-8|pmid=23918440}}</ref>  Outlook with or without intervention is generally favorable.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rapin|first1=Isabelle|journal=Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders|date=2002|title=Book Review: Diagnostic Dilemmas in Developmental Disabilities: Fuzzy Margins at the Edges of Normality. An Essay Prompted by Thomas Sowell's New Book: The Einstein Syndrome|volume=32|issue=1|pages=49–57|doi=10.1023/A:1017956224167}}</ref>
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[[Darold Treffert]] has recommended that late-talking children need careful professional evaluation to differentiate between the characteristics of Einstein syndrome and autism.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Treffert|first1=Darold|title=Outgrowing Autism? A Closer Look at Children Who Read Early or Speak Late|url=http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/oops-when-autism-isnt-autistic-disorder-hyperlexia-and-einstein-syndrome/|website=Scientific American|accessdate=3 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Treffert|first1=Darold|title=Oops! When "Autism" Isn t Autistic Disorder: Hyperlexia and Einstein Syndrome|url=http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/oops-when-autism-isnt-autistic-disorder-hyperlexia-and-einstein-syndrome/|website=Scientific American|accessdate=3 March 2016}}</ref>
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Sowell claimed late talkers are often inaccurately categorized as having an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and that a small subset of late talkers are actually highly intelligent children with common characteristics concentrated in music, memory, math or the sciences.<ref name= "Sowell"/>
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Einstein syndrome is named after [[Albert Einstein]] whom Sowell used as his primary example.<ref name="Sowell2003"/>  Sowell also included [[Edward Teller]],<ref name="Sowell2003"/> [[Srinivasa Ramanujan]],<ref name="Sowell2003"/> the mathematician [[Julia Robinson]],<ref name="Sowell2008"/> [[Richard Feynman]],<ref name="Sowell2003"/><ref name="Sowell2008">
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title=Late-Talking Children
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Basic Books|year= 2008|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Late_Talking_Children.html?id=gJVdNzq8T1cC&redir_esc=y 
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|ISBN= 9780786723652}}. 192 pages.
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</ref> and the pianists [[Clara Schumann]] and [[Arthur Rubinstein]] to be in this group.<ref name="Sowell2003">Thomas Sowell, [http://capitalismmagazine.com/2003/05/ten-years-later/  Ten Years Later]. Capitalism Magazine, 24th 05 2003.</ref>
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As a toddler, the scientist [[John Clive Ward]] showed similar behavioural traits to those described by Sowell,<ref>*{{cite book|last=Close|first=Frank|title=The Infinity Puzzle: Quantum Field Theory and the Hunt for an Orderly Universe
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|year=2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|chapter= Ch. 6, The Identity of John Ward|isbn=9780199593507|authorlink=Frank Close}}</ref> according to a brief sketch of his biography.
  
 
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Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell (born June 30, 1930) is America's most famous African American conservative author. His book A Conflict of Visions contrasts the political beliefs of the modern left and right.[1] Sowell has a Ph.D in Economics from Harvard University, and is currently a Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.[2]

Sowell, who cites George Will as a personal influence, prefers writing for popular audiences over writing for more "academic" setting, saying that "writing for the general public enables him to address the heart of issues without the smoke and mirrors that so often accompany academic writing".[3]

Sowell wrote a well-researched book criticizing "black redneck culture"[4] in which he points out that, "some blacks resent anything that suggests anything negative about themselves."[5]

Einstein Syndrome

Einstein syndrome is a term coined by the economist Thomas Sowell to describe exceptionally bright people who experience a delay in development of speech.[6] Commonalities include usually being boys, delayed speech development, highly educated parents, musically gifted families, puzzle-solving abilities, and lagging social development.[7] Einstein syndrome can often be misdiagnosed as autism. Many of these high achieving late-talkers were notoriously strong willed and noncompliant as children.[8] One major difference between Einstein syndrome and autism is that in Einstein syndrome, communication skills automatically reach a normal level and the child requires no further special treatment.[9][10] Outlook with or without intervention is generally favorable.[11]

Darold Treffert has recommended that late-talking children need careful professional evaluation to differentiate between the characteristics of Einstein syndrome and autism.[12][13]

Sowell claimed late talkers are often inaccurately categorized as having an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and that a small subset of late talkers are actually highly intelligent children with common characteristics concentrated in music, memory, math or the sciences.[7]

Einstein syndrome is named after Albert Einstein whom Sowell used as his primary example.[14] Sowell also included Edward Teller,[14] Srinivasa Ramanujan,[14] the mathematician Julia Robinson,[15] Richard Feynman,[14][15] and the pianists Clara Schumann and Arthur Rubinstein to be in this group.[14]

As a toddler, the scientist John Clive Ward showed similar behavioural traits to those described by Sowell,[16] according to a brief sketch of his biography.

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References

  1. ↑ A Conflict of Visions, by Thomas Sowell
  2. ↑ http://www.tsowell.com/cv.html
  3. ↑ http://www.capmag.com/author.asp?name=3
  4. ↑ Black Rednecks & White Liberals
  5. ↑ Black Rednecks and White Liberals: Who's a Redneck?
  6. ↑ James, Ioan (15 November 2008). "Autism in mathematicians". The Mathematical Intelligencer 25 (4): 62–65. doi:10.1007/BF02984863. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Sowell, Thomas (2001). The Einstein Syndrome: Bright Children Who Talk Late. Basic Books, 89–150. ISBN 0-465-08140-1. 
  8. ↑ Five Minutes with Stephen Camarata. The MIT Press. Retrieved on 3 March 2016.
  9. ↑ (2014) Late-talking children : a symptom or a stage?. ISBN 9780262027793. 
  10. ↑ Treffert, DA (March 2014). "Savant syndrome: realities, myths and misconceptions.". Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 44 (3): 564–71. doi:10.1007/s10803-013-1906-8. PMID 23918440. 
  11. ↑ Rapin, Isabelle (2002). "Book Review: Diagnostic Dilemmas in Developmental Disabilities: Fuzzy Margins at the Edges of Normality. An Essay Prompted by Thomas Sowell's New Book: The Einstein Syndrome". Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 32 (1): 49–57. doi:10.1023/A:1017956224167. 
  12. ↑ Outgrowing Autism? A Closer Look at Children Who Read Early or Speak Late. Retrieved on 3 March 2016.
  13. ↑ Oops! When "Autism" Isn t Autistic Disorder: Hyperlexia and Einstein Syndrome. Retrieved on 3 March 2016.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 Thomas Sowell, Ten Years Later. Capitalism Magazine, 24th 05 2003.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Thomas Sowell (2008), Late-Talking Children, Basic Books, ISBN 9780786723652, https://books.google.com/books/about/Late_Talking_Children.html?id=gJVdNzq8T1cC&redir_esc=y . 192 pages.
  16. ↑ * Close, Frank (2011). "Ch. 6, The Identity of John Ward", The Infinity Puzzle: Quantum Field Theory and the Hunt for an Orderly Universe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199593507. 
  17. ↑ Conservative Quotes and Messages
  18. ↑ http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/t/thomas_sowell.html#AUxOFGZPIHEmuVQd.99

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