Darold A. Treffert, in The Sciences -savant Syndrome (Jan.-Feb. 1989), 2 E. 63rd St., New York, N.Y. 10021.
Blind, stooped, and palsied, Leslie Lemke, 36, has for 15 years astonished audiences with flawless renditions of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1. He has mastered not only the piano but the ukelele, the concertina, the xylophone, and the bongo drums. His performances are all the more amazing because Lemke has an I.Q.of 58. The same fingers that adroitly navigate...