Idiot savant
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Idiot savant is a (now largely pejorative) version of autistic savant. It describes a person who has exceptional ability in one specialised field with accompanying reduced ability in others. They are often characterised by an inability to relate with other people except in the field of their ability.
Common specialisations of savants include mathematics, music, chess, memory (often photographic or eidetic) of what to other people is trivia, and complex 'artistic' representationalism.
Despite the fact that many savants appear in the media, the vast majority of those persons who have associated developmental disabilities rarely exhibit such traits.