Comments on: A lack of words http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/experience/a-lack-of-words/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-lack-of-words Asperger's Syndrome from the point of view of a self-diagnosed adult Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:37:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anna http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/experience/a-lack-of-words/#comment-228 Anna Fri, 08 May 2009 12:02:25 +0000 http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/?p=428#comment-228 It's annoying, I wanted to find my way back, I went through my browser history but just could not find them. I think the first one about the collage might have come from mumsnet. I'm not a mother, but sometimes I lurk the message boards there. http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/special_needs It’s annoying, I wanted to find my way back, I went through my browser history but just could not find them. I think the first one about the collage might have come from mumsnet. I’m not a mother, but sometimes I lurk the message boards there.
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/special_needs

]]> By: James http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/experience/a-lack-of-words/#comment-227 James Fri, 08 May 2009 10:30:32 +0000 http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/?p=428#comment-227 Both of these are fabulous, and explains things so simply to me. It's a shame you can't remember where they are from. I've not come across either before, and I feel I should be reading the blogs they came from. Both of these are fabulous, and explains things so simply to me.

It’s a shame you can’t remember where they are from. I’ve not come across either before, and I feel I should be reading the blogs they came from.

]]> By: James http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/experience/a-lack-of-words/#comment-226 James Fri, 08 May 2009 10:29:00 +0000 http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/?p=428#comment-226 ...and perhaps the stock cupboard doesn't have as many ingredients in it either. This has the feeling of being one of those little leaps in understanding that isn't in the books about the subject. I think you may have hit the nail on the head. …and perhaps the stock cupboard doesn’t have as many ingredients in it either.

This has the feeling of being one of those little leaps in understanding that isn’t in the books about the subject.

I think you may have hit the nail on the head.

]]> By: Anna http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/experience/a-lack-of-words/#comment-225 Anna Fri, 08 May 2009 09:34:26 +0000 http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/?p=428#comment-225 Do you suppose that for the more severely autistic people who don't speak, it might be because they reach sensory overload much sooner than us, and their stock cupboard of words is even further away than ours? Do you suppose that for the more severely autistic people who don’t speak, it might be because they reach sensory overload much sooner than us, and their stock cupboard of words is even further away than ours?

]]> By: Anna http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/experience/a-lack-of-words/#comment-224 Anna Thu, 07 May 2009 15:03:11 +0000 http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/?p=428#comment-224 <i>"Isn’t it interesting how it’s easier to talk in metaphor sometimes?"</i> I've been reading some other Asperger blogs, if I could remember where I read these I'd link and credit, but I can't remember, so all I can do is not claim them as my own. 1) Imagine that instead of speaking, the primary mode of communication is drawing and painting. Now imagine that you are not good at drawing and painting. So instead you have to make a collage to express yourself. 2) Other people are connected to each other by social string. Some strings are strong, some are weak, and they are colour coded to indicate the nature of the relationship. The more people there are, the more complicated the web of string becomes. This string is invisible to us, and we easily blunder around, get tangled up in it and make a mess of the web. “Isn’t it interesting how it’s easier to talk in metaphor sometimes?”

I’ve been reading some other Asperger blogs, if I could remember where I read these I’d link and credit, but I can’t remember, so all I can do is not claim them as my own.

1) Imagine that instead of speaking, the primary mode of communication is drawing and painting. Now imagine that you are not good at drawing and painting. So instead you have to make a collage to express yourself.

2) Other people are connected to each other by social string. Some strings are strong, some are weak, and they are colour coded to indicate the nature of the relationship. The more people there are, the more complicated the web of string becomes.
This string is invisible to us, and we easily blunder around, get tangled up in it and make a mess of the web.

]]> By: James http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/experience/a-lack-of-words/#comment-223 James Thu, 07 May 2009 14:36:17 +0000 http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/?p=428#comment-223 Ha! Well put. Isn't it interesting how it's easier to talk in metaphor sometimes? Interestingly I can't think of another way that you could have put this that would have made it easier for me to understand. Sometimes, metaphors really do rock. That's an interesting link too - I'd not seen it. Ha! Well put. Isn’t it interesting how it’s easier to talk in metaphor sometimes? Interestingly I can’t think of another way that you could have put this that would have made it easier for me to understand. Sometimes, metaphors really do rock.

That’s an interesting link too – I’d not seen it.

]]> By: Anna http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/experience/a-lack-of-words/#comment-222 Anna Thu, 07 May 2009 14:26:21 +0000 http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/?p=428#comment-222 Sometimes when I can't get out of my chair to walk to the stock cupboard, I look around and see if there is another word within easy reach that means nearly the same thing, and sometimes I'll use that word instead, if I think the person I'm with will be accepting and prepared to work out what I'm trying to say. I do prefer to use the correct word though. It's as if some parts of our brains are better connected than normal, but other parts are less well connected. The parts with the words and the social behaviour are less well connected. http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-autism-spectrum/200905/does-hyperstimulating-environment-cause-asd Anna, formerly Anon. Sometimes when I can’t get out of my chair to walk to the stock cupboard, I look around and see if there is another word within easy reach that means nearly the same thing, and sometimes I’ll use that word instead, if I think the person I’m with will be accepting and prepared to work out what I’m trying to say. I do prefer to use the correct word though.

It’s as if some parts of our brains are better connected than normal, but other parts are less well connected. The parts with the words and the social behaviour are less well connected.

http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-autism-spectrum/200905/does-hyperstimulating-environment-cause-asd

Anna, formerly Anon.

]]> By: James http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/experience/a-lack-of-words/#comment-221 James Thu, 07 May 2009 12:55:31 +0000 http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/?p=428#comment-221 Soph - That's sometimes true, but equally frequently she finds it annoying, as I appear not to be listening. I am listening - it's just that my body language and reactions suggest I'm not. Anna - That's a great metaphor. That's just what it's like! Soph – That’s sometimes true, but equally frequently she finds it annoying, as I appear not to be listening. I am listening – it’s just that my body language and reactions suggest I’m not.

Anna – That’s a great metaphor. That’s just what it’s like!

]]> By: Anna http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/experience/a-lack-of-words/#comment-219 Anna Thu, 07 May 2009 09:57:02 +0000 http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/?p=428#comment-219 I think it is the same for me. The more tired I am, the longer the walk to the stock cupboard seems, and sometimes I just can't walk that far at all, and so no words are forthcoming. Does that make sense? Anna, formerly Anon. I think it is the same for me. The more tired I am, the longer the walk to the stock cupboard seems, and sometimes I just can’t walk that far at all, and so no words are forthcoming. Does that make sense?

Anna, formerly Anon.

]]> By: Soph http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/experience/a-lack-of-words/#comment-218 Soph Wed, 06 May 2009 20:54:05 +0000 http://www.thatexplainseverything.com/?p=428#comment-218 I bet your wife likes it because you listen instead of butting in with "helpful" suggestions the way most men do. I bet your wife likes it because you listen instead of butting in with “helpful” suggestions the way most men do.

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