What is it about?
This is the story of a middle-aged woman who belongs to the Autism Spectrum. She said five words once in her life, remaining non verbal for all the rest of the time. However, she communicates through music, playing her private, repetitive but fascinating non-compositions every time a piano is available
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Why is it important?
Because special talents are often present in autistic people, but often misunderstood
Perspectives
Pierluigi Politi, Laura Fusar-Poli, Matteo Rocchetti and Simona Concaro are effective members of the Invisible Orchestra (https://en.wiki2.org/wiki/Orchestra_Invisibile), the most crazy and creative internship conceived within a medical school
Pierluigi Politi
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This page is a summary of: ‘Aut’-sider: the invisible talent of Simona Concaro†, Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, November 2016, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s2045796016000822.
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