D aniel T ammet

1. Author: Daniel Tammet Book title: Born on a blue day He was born on January 31, 1979 in the UK Daniel Tammet This power point is made and presented by Camryn Horst

2. Child years In his childhood from o-2 he wouldn’t stop crying, and it was a problem. They said that his daily things are going to be delayed. When he was three he started banging his head on the wall, and his brother would hold him back but that wouldn’t stop him. His brother would let him go and he would go straight for the wall. In preschool, when it was hot he would go on the mats and stick the soles of his feet onto it to make them sticky. One day he was just sitting on the living room floor, while his dad was making supper nobody saw it coming. “Bang!” he started having a seizure called “epileptic”. His brother was screaming and his dad came in, and saw that his son had turned blue. When they got to the hospital the doctors said that he was going to die if they didn’t start operating on him right away. Then the doctors gave him CPR and he stayed alive. video

3. Child years • He started school In 1984 • When he was in junior high his family didn’t have a lot of money. • In high school his father became very ill • He was the first one in his family to get a higher education and went to Kaunas • During his college years he had fallin love with Neil Mitchell • He worked for the UK’s NAS [National Autistic Society]

4. Interesting facts from childhood • He would bang his head for rhythms • He's an autistic savant [which means he’s really smart] • He would see colors for his letters and numbers and thought that each number and letter had a characteristic 3 b

5. Adult years • He was on the news, in articles etc. in the UK • He left the UK to meet Kim Peek • Program makers challenged him to learn a new language from scratch in front of cameras • He went to Iceland to learn the language called “Icelandic” • He went on the letterman show • He met and learned the goals of the Red Hot Chilly Peppers

6. Adult Years • He wants to continue to help the charities such as the National Autistic Society, and the National Society for Epilepsy. • During Christmas in 2002 Daniel became a christen. • In 2005 an experiment was done on him to see how he processed certain types of sentence constructions. • Him and his partner Neil right now are running a successful web based business for language tutorials.

7. Interesting facts from adult life • He met Neil's parents in 2001 around Christmas • He went to New York City and was in the New York times • He memorized and recited more than 22000 digits of pi, and setting a record • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3AlKU7dfOM&feature=player_detailpage

8. Bio poem Daniel Lover of family and Neil Who excels at math and science Who feels the need to help Who needs rhythm Who gives time and money Who would like to see the Eiffel tower Who believes that everyone has a chance Who stands for his faith Tammet

9. Compare and contrast between Daniel Tammet and Kim Peek • Similarities: They both are autistic savants. • They also are both similar by being world famous and can both memorize amazing things • They have both traveled the world meeting other autistic savants • They have both set many records Kim Peek Daniel Tammet

10. That’s the end • Anybody have any questions?