Interesting news

[Viper]

Ds has been classed as an Autistic Savant. He plays golf with an ability beyond his age and with no teaching at all. Neither myself or DH have ever played golf and Ds was playing before he even knew the word golf.

 

When he was just walking he started hitting balls around with a toy broom. I noticed he looked like the golfers on the TV. The way he held the broom and how he twised his bady and turned his foot just like a golfer. So when he was 3 I bought him a little plastic golf set and he was amazing. At 4 we took him to a local golf club and he amazed the professional golfer there who couldn't believe he was only 4 and that he had never been taught. We knew nothing about golf so had no idea just how good he really was. He has an all round ability. He hits the ball straight every time and can do all the other bits like putting and chipping with astonishing acuracy, he often beats the pro golfer in putting contests. He loves to practise chipping out of a bunker and gets the ball into the hole or very near.

 

I was on the Awares conference and got talking to a MD who specialises in Savant syndrome. He asked me for details of DS's ability and has now asked if he can include DS in a book he is writing about savants. He is not going to include his name just the story of how good he is etc.

 

Ds is so excited that he will be in a book and secretly I am chuffed for him too.

 

The downside is that at the moment he is unable to play due to his lack of muscle as in my other thread about protein shakes. One of the reasons why I want to build up his strength. Not for us but because DS loves golf but finds it frustrating that he can't play as much as he used to.

Edited May 29, 2008 by Viper

[Enid]

wow, very excitimg <'> Enid

[pookie170]

He shall be famous, how cool!! Im most impressed, the only thing iv'e ever hit right on target when golfing was my Dad-well, honestly, who stands behind a 7 year old learning to golf???

 

Esther x