Doctors Thought Jacob Barnett Wouldn’t Be Able To Read Or Talk
When Jacob Barnett was two years old, he was diagnosed with moderate to severe autism and doctors claimed he would probably never talk, read or become independent. Devastated, Jacob’s mother decided to homeschool him. Which proved to be a great idea because by age three, Jacob could speak four languages and answer complicated astrophysics questions. He enrolled at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis at age ten and found his voice. “I’ve always had a deep curiosity to understand how the world works,” he says. “It has been both fascinating and humbling to believe that life’s diverse patterns could emerge from simple mathematical expressions.”
