Relationship between Savant Skills and Autistic Symptoms in Korean Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Author:
Yun Mi KIM
1
;
Soo Churl CHO
;
Hee Jeong YOO
;
Un Sun CHUNG
;
Tae Won PARK
;
Jung Woo SOHN
;
Min Sup SHIN
;
Boong Nyun KIM
;
Jae Won KIM
;
In Hee CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, Korea. ellen98@gilhospital.com
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Autism Spectrum Disorder;
Savant Skill;
Memory;
Autistic Symptoms
- MeSH:
Autistic Disorder;
Child;
Autism Spectrum Disorder;
Humans;
Memory;
Prevalence
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2011;22(3):192-197
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to examine the prevalence and characteristics of savant skills and the relationship between the savant skills and autistic symptoms in Korean ASD children. METHODS: 141 ASD subjects participated in this study and they were divided in to two groups based on the presence or lack of savant skills. The domain scores and total scores of the K-ADI-R, K-ASDS and SRS were used for evaluating the ASD symptoms between the groups. RESULTS: Memory (n=47) was the most prevalent savant skill in the savant ASD group (n=60). The savant ASD group had a statistically higher mean age and IQ score than did the nonsavant ASD group. Despite their high IQ profile, the savant ASD group showed a higher restricted, repetitive and stereotype behavior score on the K-ADI-R and higher language and cognitive scores on the K-ASDS than did the nonsavant ASD group. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest savant syndrome in ASD might be related to the severity of some subdomain of autistic symptoms even though their IQ scores were higher than nonsavant ASD patients.
