I'm glad you posted fren. I love the empathy we can recieve on this board from others feeling the same. I'm sorry you're having such a bad time and will truly include you in my sincerest prayers. I like what SirReginald said that it can help you and it can help me just having the conversation with other like minded frens. Hang in there and know that God is aware if your struggle and blessings of comfort and peace be upon you
Thank you and GOD Bless you mightily. Believe me when I say that your post and the conversation that it has started is a great blessing to me and others. SirReginald speaks wisdom.
I, myself have some difficulty with language. I didn't start speaking until I was over three years old, but I was reading the backs of the cereal boxes before I was four. I have figured out that I am missing some of the hardware that neurotypical people use to parse human phonemes. If more then one person is speaking, I can't separate the voices. I miss about 20% of the words when watching TV. I can write pretty well, but I takes me hours to write what a typical person can write in 15 minutes.
There is more then this. I am also missing the hardware to interpret higher level human body language, but I am very atuned to low level ones. I have to use software to compensate. Software solutions are always slower then hardware solutions. This means that I can't parse the nonverbal ques that are used to coordinate a conversation in time to use them.
It's even worse. I don't think in language but in pictures and math. My thoughts don't serialize out into language very well. If I'm not careful, people can't understand what I am trying to say. On top if this, I have things I would like to communicate but can't. That stuff just stays locked up in my head. When I try to communicate but no one understands no matter how hard I try, I get very frustrated. This frustration sometimes leads to an autistic meltdown.
Take what I described and multiply it by 10.
In order to describe to typical people what autism is like I use this analogy. Autism is like being in a box. You can hear and see a little bit of what is outside, but those on the outside can't hear or see you very well at all. No matter how hard you try, no one on the outside can understand what you are saying.
Oh wow. I feel for you but you are both a winner and a blessing. Our son is a very happy young man but he is severe and non-verbal. He gets in his head a lot and I often wonder what he is thinking and feeling. Thankfully he is a very go with the flow kind of person and when he gets overwhelmed and starts stemming, dad has to literally help him snap out of it. He became this way after his mmr vaccine but his twin sister did not change. Have they ever told you why you have autism? I always say that the evil people tried to destroy us but instead created an army of super soldiers who will take them down purely for fun (and revenge). I hope this makes sense to you and I thank you for sharing. You are in my prayers and know that you are important to our patriot movement.
As a Speech Language Pathologist I understand your difficulties very well. I didn't speak until I was 3 years old either, but I was probably shell shocked as I was born in the middle of two others in diapers and was the 4th child out of 6! Or my mom didn't notice I was talking bc she was so busy with her brood. She did say I spoke in complete sentences once I did "start" talking. But in those days we didn't have the help for kids with problems like they do now.
In spite of your language difficulties you are very good at expressing yourself here in the written word even though you say it takes you a long time. You sound like a wonderful person.
I will pray you will be able to get your life back in order and find a good job. Prayers do work!
In the meantime take the time to check out this website to find a job where your talents can be put to use in spite of your difficulties: There are a number of companies who hire adults like yourself.
Thank you fren, he does and I'm glad we have this thread that we can talk and share. God loves your tender heart and I promise you that you will see blessings for that
I'm glad you posted fren. I love the empathy we can recieve on this board from others feeling the same. I'm sorry you're having such a bad time and will truly include you in my sincerest prayers. I like what SirReginald said that it can help you and it can help me just having the conversation with other like minded frens. Hang in there and know that God is aware if your struggle and blessings of comfort and peace be upon you
Thank you and GOD Bless you mightily. Believe me when I say that your post and the conversation that it has started is a great blessing to me and others. SirReginald speaks wisdom.
Thank you got sharing. Our son has autism and is non-verbal so your insight is beautiful to us.
I, myself have some difficulty with language. I didn't start speaking until I was over three years old, but I was reading the backs of the cereal boxes before I was four. I have figured out that I am missing some of the hardware that neurotypical people use to parse human phonemes. If more then one person is speaking, I can't separate the voices. I miss about 20% of the words when watching TV. I can write pretty well, but I takes me hours to write what a typical person can write in 15 minutes.
There is more then this. I am also missing the hardware to interpret higher level human body language, but I am very atuned to low level ones. I have to use software to compensate. Software solutions are always slower then hardware solutions. This means that I can't parse the nonverbal ques that are used to coordinate a conversation in time to use them.
It's even worse. I don't think in language but in pictures and math. My thoughts don't serialize out into language very well. If I'm not careful, people can't understand what I am trying to say. On top if this, I have things I would like to communicate but can't. That stuff just stays locked up in my head. When I try to communicate but no one understands no matter how hard I try, I get very frustrated. This frustration sometimes leads to an autistic meltdown.
Take what I described and multiply it by 10.
In order to describe to typical people what autism is like I use this analogy. Autism is like being in a box. You can hear and see a little bit of what is outside, but those on the outside can't hear or see you very well at all. No matter how hard you try, no one on the outside can understand what you are saying.
Oh wow. I feel for you but you are both a winner and a blessing. Our son is a very happy young man but he is severe and non-verbal. He gets in his head a lot and I often wonder what he is thinking and feeling. Thankfully he is a very go with the flow kind of person and when he gets overwhelmed and starts stemming, dad has to literally help him snap out of it. He became this way after his mmr vaccine but his twin sister did not change. Have they ever told you why you have autism? I always say that the evil people tried to destroy us but instead created an army of super soldiers who will take them down purely for fun (and revenge). I hope this makes sense to you and I thank you for sharing. You are in my prayers and know that you are important to our patriot movement.
As a Speech Language Pathologist I understand your difficulties very well. I didn't speak until I was 3 years old either, but I was probably shell shocked as I was born in the middle of two others in diapers and was the 4th child out of 6! Or my mom didn't notice I was talking bc she was so busy with her brood. She did say I spoke in complete sentences once I did "start" talking. But in those days we didn't have the help for kids with problems like they do now.
In spite of your language difficulties you are very good at expressing yourself here in the written word even though you say it takes you a long time. You sound like a wonderful person.
I will pray you will be able to get your life back in order and find a good job. Prayers do work!
In the meantime take the time to check out this website to find a job where your talents can be put to use in spite of your difficulties: There are a number of companies who hire adults like yourself.
https://www.joinsprouttherapy.com/autism-resources/jobs-and-careers
Thank you fren, he does and I'm glad we have this thread that we can talk and share. God loves your tender heart and I promise you that you will see blessings for that