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(Autism/ADHD) Hello, just introducing myself.

gabesroom

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Hello, my name is Gabe. I'm a game developer/musician from brazil. I decided to join this server after being fed up with not having anywhere else where i could talk about the issues I face without feeling like I'm constantly walking through eggshells.

I was never diagnosed as a child. I suspect because the thing my parents always focused on was my low vision, which in fairness was the biggest issue that stopped me doing good in school early in life. But as a result no one really realized how my other autism/adhd symptoms also greatly affected my grades later on in life, when I stopped being able to just coast through subjects and kept hitting a brick wall with math in HS.

It was only a few years ago when I was officially diagnosed with ADHD that I really began questioning a lot of the other struggles I'd had up to that point. The usual stuff like meltdowns, constant stimming under stress and whatnot. What really pushed me into trying to get an official diagnosis was listening to Temple Grandin's "Visual Thinking:
The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions". I was hooked the whole way through and realized just how much I'd relied on visual thinking in the past to solve problems without even realizing it. I was diagnosed in the beginning of 2023 and have since enjoyed reading more and more about it.

Anyway, that's my TED talk I guess. Hope i'm able to find some cool people here.
 
Welcome, Gabe! You've found a great place with like-minded people from all over the world, who share deep insights, occasional humor, and interesting discussions.
 
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Glad to have you with us, @gabesroom

It's an unfortunate fact that this world will have obstacles and brick walls that stand in our way, due to the fact that society is built by NTs for NTs. But we all can find our ways around those seemingly impossible to achieve things. It takes time and trust in ourselves.

I personally am reading 'Neurotribes' myself. It's another great book that really puts into perspective what Autism is all about.

In anycase. I hope you enjoy your time here with us.
 
Glad to have you with us, @gabesroom

It's an unfortunate fact that this world will have obstacles and brick walls that stand in our way, due to the fact that society is built by NTs for NTs. But we all can find our ways around those seemingly impossible to achieve things. It takes time and trust in ourselves.

I personally am reading 'Neurotribes' myself. It's another great book that really puts into perspective what Autism is all about.

In anycase. I hope you enjoy your time here with us.
Thank you! Never heard of that book, might check it out.
I found out last week I may have hyperphantasia you may also.
Huh interesting, I didn't know that was a thing. Seems to be a fairly new term from the looks of things. But I guess it puts into question how autism interconnects with it.
 
Yes a recently coined term I found out from a fellow Aspie on U-tube apparently commonly found among our population. Paper came out last month authored by Adam Zeman.
 

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