Jason Padgett was a normal futon salesman. But following a traumatic brain injury, he suddenly acquired the brain power of a savant.

In the early morning hours of June 21, Jason Padgett, the likable Tacoma futon salesman who became a math savant and synesthete from a brain injury suffered in a mugging, got a message on Facebook: ...

Brady Simmons has reached out in apology to Jason Padgett. Source: Courtesy Brady Simmons. "I had not heard anything about what had happened until a few years ago when a friend shared a news article ...

Jason Padgett was once a party guy and body builder. I was shocked to learn Jason acquired his amazing ability to draw and understand complex math and physics as the result of a brain injury sustained ...

Jason Padgett felt a blow to his head. At first he wasn’t sure what happened. It occurred to him that one of the men that had been following him as he exited the karaoke bar might have hit him. After ...

"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When someone suffers a traumatic brain injury, lots of things can go wrong—but rarely, very rarely, ...