A Memoir of Asperger's and an Extraordinary Mind Daniel sees numbers as shapes, colours and textures and can perform extraordinary maths in his head. He can also learn to speak a language fluently from scratch in a week. He has Savant Syndrome, an extremely rare form of Asperger'a that gives him almost unimaginable mental powers, much like the Rain Man portrayed by Dustin Hoffman. But he is virtually unique amongst people who have severe autistic disorders in being able to live a fully independent life.
Touchin and illuminating, Born On A Blue Day explores what it's like to be special and in so doing gives us an insight into what makes us all human - our minds.