Laurence Kim Peek was an American savant. Known as a "megasavant", he had an exceptional memory, but he also experienced social difficulties, possibly resulting from a developmental disability related to congenital brain abnormalities. He was the inspiration for the autistic savant character Raymond Babbitt in the movie Rain Man. Although Peek was previously diagnosed with autism, it is now thought that he instead had FG syndrome. Wikipedia
Wisconsin Medical Society http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant/kimpeek.cfm
Wisconsin Medical Society http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant/kimpeek.cfm
“I may be the star, but you are the heavens.”
Dustin Hoffman, upon meeting Kim Peek ("The Real Rain Man")
