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It stars Ben Affleck as Christian Wolff, an autistic math genius with a knack for numbers and a deadly skill set. The film blends action, suspense, and an emotionally compelling story into something ...

It's been almost ten years since Ben Affleck (52) first stepped into the role of an autistic math genius who makes his living as an accountant for the criminal underworld in "The Accountant". Now, ...

Some autistics are known as “autistic savants” because they develop a genius in one subject, such as mathematics or art. New research shows this syndrome can be induced by tinkering with one protein ...