Boy diagnosed with autism has higher IQ than Einstein

Boy diagnosed with autism has higher IQ than Einstein; thriving despite failure of public school system


(NaturalNews) When the experts told Kristine Barnett of Indiana that her
two-year-old son would probably never be able to read or even tie his
shoes due to his severe case of autism, the brave mother of three
decided to take matters into her own hands. And as a result, she helped
nurture the young boy into the genius he is today, defying all odds and
proving that the government-run education system as we currently know it
is a complete failure.

In her recent memoir, Kristine recounts
how the special education system designed specifically for children like
Jacob was actually stunting his growth. Educators continually pulled
young Jacob away from the things that interested him, and instead tried
to force-feed him through the conventional ringer, which ended up making
his autism symptoms worse and forcing him into solitude and silence,
completely separate from the outside world. But everything changed when
Kristine decided to reject the advice of professionals and even her
husband, and instead take an alternative route.

"He was in a very
strict therapy program, and he was doing many hours of therapy a week,
just working on his lower skills and trying to get them up," explained
Kristine during a recent interview with BBC News, noting that Jacob floundered within the conventional education model.

"(But)
when he wasn't in therapy, I noticed spectacular things like he would
recreate maps all across our floor using Q-tips, and there would be maps
of places we've visited and he memorized every street," she added. "He
would recite the alphabet forwards and backwards, and learned to speak
in about four different languages when he started talking again to me."

Government education designed to create drones, not thinkers

As
it turns out, what mainstream educators mistook as a disability was
actually Jacob's ingenuity just waiting to manifest itself. But it took
Jacob's mother literally removing him from the clutches of the
conventional, government-controlled education system and allowing him to
flourish on his own for this to happen. Today, Jacob is already working
on a Master's Degree in quantum physics, and he is currently working on
his own original theory in astrophysics - and he is only 14 years old!

"For a parent, it's terrifying to fly against the advice of the professionals," writes Kristine in her memoir, The Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius,
about her decision to remove Jacob from the system and nurture his own
unique being independently. "But I knew in my heart that if Jake stayed
in special ed, he would slip away."

In other words, Kristine
basically came to the realization that her son was uniquely gifted, and
that the system designed for him by mainstream experts would severely
limit his ability both to express himself and to learn and thrive in
accordance with his distinct individuality. Rather than bring out his
best qualities, the mainstream system kept them all in a box. Thankfully
for Jacob, his mother recognized this inherent failure of the system early and pulled him out of it - and now he is considered by experts to be smarter than Albert Einstein.

"I
think that every child is beautiful and every child has a special gift
inside of them. Regardless of what difficulties you face, or if you're a
little bit different. With Jacob, it was just a matter of finding that
and tuning into it. I operate off of a concept called 'muchness,' which
is just surrounding children with things they love, be it music or art -
whatever they're drawn to and love."

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