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Recent content by wonderingmom

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    Do you think in pictures?

    I’m not so good at that either - I would need to specifically memorize the objects - and for me, that would mean making a mental list and repeating the words to myself over and over for as long as I needed to remember. If I see something just once, my visual memory isn’t very detailed or...
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    Do you think in pictures?

    This topic is really interesting! Peachie, what about memories of past experiences or places? What happens in your mind when you think of, say, the house you grew up in, or the main street of a town you once lived in, or some other very familiar place from your past? I was trying this myself...
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    dyslexia and nonverbal/spatial skills - insights?

    I think you might already understand it better than I do. A lot of it was explained to me, but I don’t tend to retain this kind of information for long. There were multiple electrodes, and the placement apparently depended somewhat on what your problem was (anxiety, problems with focus...
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    dyslexia and nonverbal/spatial skills - insights?

    Yes, we are close. I’m glad to hear that they have good doctors- thank you!
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    dyslexia and nonverbal/spatial skills - insights?

    I definitely think you’re right about finding other ways than reading. He has always loved audiobooks and videos. And I’m really fascinated by these kinds of research too! I actually have done some neurofeedback. (I’m ADD “inattentive type” and always struggling with focus and with getting...
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    Greetings

    This is so interesting. I don’t know if you’d be comfortable saying, but I’m really curious what sort of field you’re in.
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    How Do You Feel About Being Alone?

    I think at least it is generally acknowledged that some people are introverts, and that introverts need less human contact than extroverts; but I guess it’s assumed that introverts’ relationships are on a deeper level than extroverts’ and so the quality makes up for the lack of quantity. So...
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    dyslexia and nonverbal/spatial skills - insights?

    Yes, this is a great idea! I remember hearing about that some time ago, when it was still in development I think, but had forgotten about it. Going to see if I can get it on our iPad!
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    dyslexia and nonverbal/spatial skills - insights?

    Thank you - these look great! I wonder if one thing I could do is just give more value to Thank you so much - all of these look great! I wonder if part of his problem right now is that I am too hung up on the idea that he needs to be able to demonstrate his knowledge in a form that a classroom...
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    dyslexia and nonverbal/spatial skills - insights?

    Thank you for that! We’re in the US, Washington DC area. I completely agree how important it is to understand what’s beneath the learning problems. We did take him for a neuropsychological evaluation with a good psychologist when he was 7, and it really helped us to understand a lot. It didn’t...
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    dyslexia and nonverbal/spatial skills - insights?

    Thank you, Peachie! I can usually express myself much better in writing than in speaking too. Need time to sort out my thoughts. I always attributed that to being an introvert, but introversion is yet another trait that seems like it dovetails with autism at a certain point. As does dyslexia...
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    dyslexia and nonverbal/spatial skills - insights?

    We did, some, when he was younger. His number sense was good and he tended to want to work things out in his head - which he often can do, in ways that sometimes baffle me. But working things out on paper was always a slow learning process - long division, for example. Or learning to multiply...
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    dyslexia and nonverbal/spatial skills - insights?

    I don’t want to wear you all out, but your responses to my first post were so helpful that I thought I’d stick my neck out again and see if anyone could help me with this one... My 15-yr-old son, who I believe is on the spectrum, is also dyslexic. I’ve known this since he was little and...
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    Whether to have my son tested

    Yes - the psychiatrist we work with told me too that there is lots of funding available for minors, which is good to know!
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    Functionality in ASD1

    I also meant to say that getting a “full download” of people’s emotions is a really great way of expressing what happens to me; and that your whole paragraph about the internal confusion and perplexity really resonates so strongly. Wow - thank you.
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