I'm not autistic specturm. I was diagnosed with a learning disability when I was eight that really is akin to asperger's called non verbal learning disorder, but the problem is people don't tend to believe that because my social skills are highly enhanced, so people say it's impossible because my social skills are too developed. They used to be low, but I know somehow, they were something I sort of grew out of. I have social skills with grace now, and I don't really sem autistic or anything to anyone at all. I did throughout my childhood but somewhere along the line at 14 or 15 I just developed into someone who got everything nailed down and so I don't bring it up anymore to people. I just prefer to say I have a math disability.
Is your math disability dyspraxia? I think my sister has that... and about your social skills, may I ask how you improved them so well? because it's been a problem for me as long as I can remember... I think i was and maybe still am, something like a selective mute.
Not dyspraxia. Really with what I was diagnosed with it's a decline in spactial skills, math, social skills, coordination and sensory depravation. I am really more like someone with dsycalculia, the way I stuggle with spactial distances and direction. I struggle with everything I mentioned except the social skills. I have my downfalls sometimes, like for instance I don't always know when it's my turn to speak and interupt and I tend to be the kind who speaks too loudly without knowing or struggle occasionally with eye contact but that's about it honestly. I can't explain what happened. It was like a switch that was turned off for a long time and one day it turned on and I can now understand cues like sarcasm and facial expression and when someone is lying. I can see through other's intentions with grace and can understand many things I couldn't. I can be a bit awkward sometimes but I have a larger scale of comprehension so if I say I struggled with social problems some people don't believe me lol. I remember telling someone this once and saying I was misdiagnosed because they have improved, and I understood why he got such an impression so I didn't say anything further. As far as you go I hope everything goes well. That sucks.
Is it normal that sometimes I feel mentally retarded?
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I'm not autistic specturm. I was diagnosed with a learning disability when I was eight that really is akin to asperger's called non verbal learning disorder, but the problem is people don't tend to believe that because my social skills are highly enhanced, so people say it's impossible because my social skills are too developed. They used to be low, but I know somehow, they were something I sort of grew out of. I have social skills with grace now, and I don't really sem autistic or anything to anyone at all. I did throughout my childhood but somewhere along the line at 14 or 15 I just developed into someone who got everything nailed down and so I don't bring it up anymore to people. I just prefer to say I have a math disability.
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Is your math disability dyspraxia? I think my sister has that... and about your social skills, may I ask how you improved them so well? because it's been a problem for me as long as I can remember... I think i was and maybe still am, something like a selective mute.
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Not dyspraxia. Really with what I was diagnosed with it's a decline in spactial skills, math, social skills, coordination and sensory depravation. I am really more like someone with dsycalculia, the way I stuggle with spactial distances and direction. I struggle with everything I mentioned except the social skills. I have my downfalls sometimes, like for instance I don't always know when it's my turn to speak and interupt and I tend to be the kind who speaks too loudly without knowing or struggle occasionally with eye contact but that's about it honestly. I can't explain what happened. It was like a switch that was turned off for a long time and one day it turned on and I can now understand cues like sarcasm and facial expression and when someone is lying. I can see through other's intentions with grace and can understand many things I couldn't. I can be a bit awkward sometimes but I have a larger scale of comprehension so if I say I struggled with social problems some people don't believe me lol. I remember telling someone this once and saying I was misdiagnosed because they have improved, and I understood why he got such an impression so I didn't say anything further. As far as you go I hope everything goes well. That sucks.
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Damn I am in the exact same boat. I was also diagnosed with NLD and my social skills did not exist until the flipping of said switch. Strange, really.