Based on the replies to a survey of 300 public residential facilities for the mentally retarded, an incidence rate for idiot savants was established. This rate of .06% is based on the reporting of 54 idiot savants within a population of 90,000 residents. Several reasons for caution in the acceptance of this incidence rate are discussed.
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National Association of Superintendents of Public Residential Facilities.Directory of Public Residential Facilities for the Mentally Retarded. Madison, Wis.: Author, 1975.
