"The Einstein Syndrome" is the sequel to "Late-Talking Children," where Thomas Sowell established himself as a leading authority on the subject. While many late-talking children suffer from developmental disorders or autism, there is a specific group that is developmentally normal or even quite intelligent, but may not begin to speak until the fourth year. These children are often misdiagnosed as autistic or mentally delayed, a mistake that is particularly challenging for parents who must first worry about their seemingly disabled children and then see them placed in special classes and therapy groups where all the other children are obviously very different.

Since Sowell addressed this issue in the mid-1990s, he has worked with Stephen Camarata from Vanderbilt University, who has conducted a much broader and more rigorous study of this phenomenon than the anecdotes reported in "Late-Talking Children." Sowell can now identify a specific syndrome, a group of common symptoms and family characteristics that differentiate these children from others, relate this syndrome to other syndromes, hypothesize about its causes, and describe how children with this syndrome are likely to develop.

Pages: 232, Year of Publication: 1225, Dimensions: 13.1x13.1cm