Jason Padgett's life was changed forever after he was attacked in a bar back in 2002 as he developed a rare ability called Acquired Savant Syndrome.

Jason Padgett, a futon salesman from Tacoma, Washington, suffered a violent attack during a robbery that caused him a severe ...

Morrow went on to pen the script for the 1988 film Rain Man, basing Dustin Hoffman’s character on Peek. The concept of savant syndrome dates back to 1887, when physician J. Langdon Down coined the ...

Maureen Seaberg is the coauthor of Struck By Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel, the story of Jason Padgett, who acquired synesthesia and savant syndrome from a brain injury ...