There's the craziest part about people like Kennedy they can read through 3 newspapers And answer any questions about any article. They're not even reading the entire article or the entire newspaper. These are extremely smart people that are on the spectrum before they even knew there were such a thing as the spectrum. I have a daughter that's the same way She can take a book that takes most people 3 weeks to read and do it in 25 minutes And get an a plus on the essay Because of how smart they are in her case she can read the 1st sentence in every paragraph and the last sentence in every paragraph I and understand exactly what's in the middle of the paragraph. Kennedy, trump, Cruz Have those kind of smarts.
A lot of times there's actually nothing in the middle.
I have Asperger's, so I'm "on the spectrum."
In 12th grade English class, we had reading comprehension tests. I never got to a speed level where I got less than 100% on the test, so I don't know how fast I can read. I do know that it's pretty fast and that I don't have to read every word. Some people look at each letter to recognize a word and then at each word to recognize a phrase. I take in big chunks all at once. I do slow way down when reading classic fiction because every word there has a purpose. Newer books are literally page-turners for me.
I didn't have to read aloud much, if any, as far as I can remember. I don't know that I had any trouble or would have had any trouble reading aloud. It would probably be a monotone and boring, just as it was for most of the other boys.
I did translate Caesar orally on the fly in Latin class in high school. The teacher loved my "loose translations." Actually, I didn't know all the words and was filling in from context.
I had a grade school classmate with Asperger's and he went on to write the program for defibrillators by studying the EKGs of 35 patients dying of a heart attack.. When his mentor/professor was close to death, he told my classmate to give everything to the world; he sent everything to MIT and there ya go, he saved millions of lives before he passed away this year and will continue saving lives as a legacy.
But I did rewrite docketing software for a major law firm in 1999 that was absolutely going to quit working entirely on 1-1-2000 and make the firm go out of business. I didn't even get a raise that year. Bummer. I went Galt not long after that. They don't deserve me.
So I sit here listening to old records and researching genealogy. Computers make both so much easier.
I hope the books I've written will endure and be my own legacy.
There's the craziest part about people like Kennedy they can read through 3 newspapers And answer any questions about any article. They're not even reading the entire article or the entire newspaper. These are extremely smart people that are on the spectrum before they even knew there were such a thing as the spectrum. I have a daughter that's the same way She can take a book that takes most people 3 weeks to read and do it in 25 minutes And get an a plus on the essay Because of how smart they are in her case she can read the 1st sentence in every paragraph and the last sentence in every paragraph I and understand exactly what's in the middle of the paragraph. Kennedy, trump, Cruz Have those kind of smarts.
A lot of times there's actually nothing in the middle.
I have Asperger's, so I'm "on the spectrum."
In 12th grade English class, we had reading comprehension tests. I never got to a speed level where I got less than 100% on the test, so I don't know how fast I can read. I do know that it's pretty fast and that I don't have to read every word. Some people look at each letter to recognize a word and then at each word to recognize a phrase. I take in big chunks all at once. I do slow way down when reading classic fiction because every word there has a purpose. Newer books are literally page-turners for me.
I need to know this. When you read aloud in grade school was it slow and painful? Difficulty pronouncing maybe?
That's me for sure. My brain is already processing words well beyond the ones my mouth want to speak
I didn't have to read aloud much, if any, as far as I can remember. I don't know that I had any trouble or would have had any trouble reading aloud. It would probably be a monotone and boring, just as it was for most of the other boys.
I did translate Caesar orally on the fly in Latin class in high school. The teacher loved my "loose translations." Actually, I didn't know all the words and was filling in from context.
I had a grade school classmate with Asperger's and he went on to write the program for defibrillators by studying the EKGs of 35 patients dying of a heart attack.. When his mentor/professor was close to death, he told my classmate to give everything to the world; he sent everything to MIT and there ya go, he saved millions of lives before he passed away this year and will continue saving lives as a legacy.
My perseverations are music and genealogy.
But I did rewrite docketing software for a major law firm in 1999 that was absolutely going to quit working entirely on 1-1-2000 and make the firm go out of business. I didn't even get a raise that year. Bummer. I went Galt not long after that. They don't deserve me.
So I sit here listening to old records and researching genealogy. Computers make both so much easier.
I hope the books I've written will endure and be my own legacy.