Like a lot of people with autism, Jeff Hudale has a brain that’s really good at some things.
“I have an unusual aptitude for numbers, namely math computations,” he says.
Hudale can do triple-digit multiplication in his head. That sort of ability helped him get a degree in engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. But he says his brain struggles with other subjects like literature and philosophy.
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