Special Needs or just Special?

HT Ben R. this is a clip of an autistic man who is labeled the human camera. He can reproduce on paper, landscapes of whole cities after one aerial flight.

We label people hadicapped, but are they? This reminds me of my son Isaac, who has most of the books we read him at night memorized, who will recall a memory, and recall details that Kara and I have long forgotten. Special Needs, or just special?