Different Minds
by Robert Finn
People with Williams syndrome are smart and mentally retarded, gifted and inept at the same time. Their disorder remains a mystery.
This article appeared in the June 1991 issue of Discover magazine. It is © 1991 by Robert Finn. All rights reserved.
Anne Louise McGarrah can't add 15 and 25. Yet she is an avid reader and quite articulate about it. "I love to read," she says. "Biographies, fiction, novels, different articles in newspapers, articles in magazines, just about anything. I just read a book about a young girl -- she was born in Scotland -- and her family who lived on a farm. I love to read books because I can put myself in that book and be in there with her and watch her go through these experiences."
© 1991 by Robert Finn. All rights reserved.
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