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What is simulataneous processing?

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Maude

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Can anyone explain to me in very simple terms what simultaneous processing is? I've tried to find a simple explanation, but I still can't wrap my head around what it means. At his school evaluation for an I.E.P. placement, DS6 scored in the 99.6 percentile in this. The school psychologist was blown away. And I thought having a good understanding of what this means may help me incorporate that strength in other areas of teaching.
And I'm also wondering if being so strong in this area might mean he's less likely to have ADHD. He's been diagnosed with severe ADHD. He most definitely has more energy and impulsiveness than anyone I've ever known, but I'm wondering if a large part of this is due to sensory overload (he has SPD). And as for the attention part, I'm not sure. I mean, he has a very hard time focusing when it comes to sitting down to eat a meal or doing his morning routine and many other things, but when it comes to things he enjoys doing, he gets hyper-focused. He has many signs of Asperger's (now called HFA), and we're getting ready to start evaluations to determine if the ADHD diagnosis was wrong or if maybe he has both ADHD and AS.
 
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I have no clue what simultaneous processing is. I've honestly never even heard of it. You said he has sensory issues, can't focus sometimes yet other times can hyperfocus? I'm like that. Hearing is my big sensory issue - i hear things louder than others plus there's no filter for background noise so i hear everything at once. I'm going to look up simultaneous processing though, i'm curious as to what it is...
 
Yeah, me too. Had to look up the term. Sounds like the ability to take a broad spectrum of unrelated information and establish some kind of useful common denominator from it all. Perhaps the sort of skill a good cryptographer would have. I'd want to say underwriter as well, but from personal experience I have to say that job inevitably involves complex social interactions.

Simultaneous Processing - Springer
 
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Simultaneous processing is the ability to take pieces and put them together to make a "big picture." It's not a usual something that people with autism have. If anything, we are known to have the inability to see the forest and the trees. We usually just see the individual trees.

Sometimes people with autism have splinter skills, which may be the case with your son. I don't think it has much to do with ADHD- but, of course, it is still possible he has that, too.

Being hyper-focused (when wanting to be) is a very common trait among people with autism. A skill, really. It can turn some of us into good researchers. :)
 
Unfortunately,I have to look up most of the abbreviations you post Maude
The dear son/husband/etc was a curve you threw to me first :p

I have the ability to see big picture events and sort thru lots of information to come to conclusions by applying logical methods from observation and comparing them to successful and failed scenarios. Is it a splinter skill? Not sure of that myself because of a lack strong evidence,so I will refrain from calling it that.
Where it became helpful to me was with mechanical engineering and other diagnostic areas involving mechanical items.
A scientific method of observation is a strong suit I have,if it can be proven and the findings backed,by all means it could be true,but the possibility that it can be wrong still exists.I am also not very comfortable with the psych world's method of diagnostics for their lack of total scientific method. To me,a grouping based mostly on opinions is very unscientific as there is no real information to back the findings,only brief observation of individuals that they use to fill out reports.
Could they be wrong? Hard to say,it requires me to form an opinion about them based on a lack of concrete evidence,much like they do ;)
 
I think another term is Pattern Recognition. That's the term I was given. At least in my case, it's visual. Did the test pinpoint if it's visual or input? Another strong Aspie trait is processing a lot of information & coming to unique conclusions or perspectives. Anyway, hope that's helpful. I like that you are encouraging his strengths while he's young. That's important. :-)
 
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