Daniel Tammet is a prodigious savant -
http://www.danieltammet.net/. He's from the UK. He's been featured on TedX. Stephen Wiltshire (human camera) is another prodigious savant who you may have heard about or seen featured on TV.
Scott Barry Kaufman did an interview series with him and on savant syndrome -
http://www.creativitypost.com/artic..._daniel_tammet_part_i_embracing_the_wideSimon Baron Cohen, I think, diagnosed Tammet's asperger's -
http://www.autismresearchcentre.com/people_baron-cohenDr. Darold Treffert is the world's authority on savant syndrome and was a consultant on the movie Rain Man -
https://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/professional/savant-syndrome/faqs/Davidson article on extreme precocity: prodigies, savants, and children of extraordinary high IQ -
http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10467.aspxJoanne Ruthsatz's study on prodigies (which I think includes Jake Barnett who is another Aspie prodigious savant and has been featured on TedX) -
http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/pur...z-on-the-common-trait-of-all-prodigies/. Kristin Barnett wrote a book, The Spark, on her son Jake. She mentions Dr. Ruthsatz's study in the book as well as about Jake's traits and autism.