Luis José...musical savant? Part III

Luis José is a 12-year-old adolescent, diagnosed with severe autism when he was 4. He started piano lessons at age 8, and months later he was playing in his first talent show. He grabbed very fast from the beginning the musical skills to keep learning and enriching his deep musical knowledge as he grows old. We think he might fit the description of a musical savant, according to some literature. Several of his piano instructors and other musicians that have seen/listen him playing the piano believe he has "perfect" or "near perfect" pitch, because of his ability to listen to a song and then be able to play it back (almost like a tape recorder, but of course with his very own flavor!). In contrast, it is almost impossible for him to lace up his tennis shoes, or tell what he did at school during the day, or describe the plot of a movie or book, no matter how simple it might be. On the other hand, Luis José deeply enjoys swimming lessons, riding his bike, listening to all kinds of music (from Gregorian chants to "oldies but goodies" from the 80's and "reggeaton" music), and watching his favorite movies. He enjoys much family and friends gatherings, although it is quite challenging for him to engage in verbal social exchanges. We invite you to watch all Luis José's videos, and to subscribe to our UA-cam account to keep you posted on future videos. Thank you for taking the time to watch! (-; Although autism is not curable, there are a lot of effective treatments that could help in stabilizing the body's systems (gastrointestinal, neurological, sensorial, etc.) in order to initiate an effective learning process or habilitation/rehabilitation program. It is extremely challenging to learn or acquire new skills to our people with autism if their bodies are not ready for the process. As a matter of fact, this even applies to neurologically typical people like you and me. Nobody can learn feeling sick or bad or disorganized. Learning has some very important pre-requisites: to begin with, to be able to pay attention, to recognize authority figures, to be able to follow some basic instructions, etc. Is not clever to go to step #2 first (learning) instead of thoroughly going through step #1 (getting the physical part ready for the learning process).