Dr. Bernard Rimland introduced the term in a 1978 Psychology Today article.Savant abilities include many different types of skills that range from exceptional memory ability to brilliance in a certain subject.
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The founder of the Autism Research Institute (ARI), Dr. Bernard Rimland, created the first biomedical intervention plan for autism, the Defeat Autism Now (DAN) protocol in the 1960s.
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The researchers used the Rimland Treatment Effectiveness Survey in the comparisons.