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So I had a dream. Only one person will really get this, but everyone else can still enjoy it as a short story.

It was out third kid, a son named Gabriel. He had just entered the third grade, and the shool asked us if he had ever been tested for autism. So we took him in for the test, having noticed a few things at home. The results came back only to end up sitting on the dinning table for a day as both me and my wife were scared to open it. We knew we had to, so I cut the seal. He had been diagnosed with acute autism, but that was only half of the story. We had noticed early on that Gabe had a thing for numbers and math, so we asked the people who gave the test to look into that. It turns out that he was also savaunt, a condition often connected with autism. They had asked if anyone else in our family had had savauntism, and I guiltily raised my hand. For those who don't know, being a savaunt has mainly two parts. Yes, it does come with a sligh case of autism, affecting speech for some and relations for others. But that's one half. The other part is the good stuff. Savaunts have incredible minds, able to comprehend things very quickly. I have a penchant for math, mainly theoretical. Others I've heard of and meet have a head for dates, able to simply figure out almost any day in history. For instance, they could know the day of the week you were born. There's a man who was born totally blind who can understand shadows as well.