When I achieved the European record for reciting pi in 2004, this captured the imagination of Professor Simon Baron-Cohen in Cambridge, and he finally diagnosed me with Asperger's that year. Daniel Tammet achieveaspergerbaron Change image and share on social
Even the greatest mathematicians, the ones that we would put into our mythology of great mathematicians, had to do a great deal of leg work in order to get to the solution in the end. Daniel Tammet dealendgreat Change image and share on social
When things don't come so naturally to you, you want to persevere, you want to keep pushing yourself to overcome obstacles that prevent you from having the kind of life that you want to have. Daniel Tammet kindlifenaturally Change image and share on social
I know from my own experience that there is much more to 'intelligence' than an IQ number. In fact, I hesitate to believe that any system could really reflect the complexity and uniqueness of one person's mind, or meaningfully describe the nature of his or her potential. Daniel Tammet complexitydescribeexperience share on social
From 'Embracing the Wide Sky', I went to the States, to Canada and to different parts of Europe as well. I gave interviews in several languages. Daniel Tammet canadaembraceeurope Change image and share on social
I consider social skills a bit like learning a language. I've been practising it for so long over so many years I've almost lost my accent. Daniel Tammet accentbitehave Change image and share on social
It was a gradual process, realising I was different. I remember at primary school getting a worksheet with sums printed on it. I thought that they must have run out of the right colour inks and sizes for the numbers, because they were all the same, which isn't how I experienced numbers at all. To me, nine is big and blue. Daniel Tammet bigbluecolour share on social