Nine Minds

Nine Minds profiles nine neurodivergent individuals, from beloved comedian Dan Aykroyd to a Birmingham homicide detective, a pioneering surgeon, and a bestselling novelist. Each is remarkable in their field. And each is changing how the world sees those on the spectrum.A celebrated writer with high-functioning autistic savant syndrome himself, Daniel Tammet reaches across the divides of age, gender, sexuality, and nationality to imaginatively reconstruct the minds of his subjects. Both illuminating and life-affirming, this is a literary expedition that explodes every stereotype and reveals the true diversity of the autistic experience.