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emtyeye
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02 Mar 2011, 12:07 pm

I'm one of those extra verbal Aspies. I think in words for the most part. Have started to realize that as I think about something, or when listening to someone (which I don't do very well) or if I see printed words, that the last word in the sentence will stick in my mind and I'll start spelling it over and over in my head. Example: You say to me, "Let's go to the beach." then I start spelling beach, B-E-A-C-H, over and over for the next minute or two. It's never out loud. Strangely, I am a very bad speller and hated spelling in school as I always did poorly. Does anyone else have this feature?



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02 Mar 2011, 1:39 pm

emtyeye wrote:
I'm one of those extra verbal Aspies. I think in words for the most part. Have started to realize that as I think about something, or when listening to someone (which I don't do very well) or if I see printed words, that the last word in the sentence will stick in my mind and I'll start spelling it over and over in my head. Example: You say to me, "Let's go to the beach." then I start spelling beach, B-E-A-C-H, over and over for the next minute or two. It's never out loud. Strangely, I am a very bad speller and hated spelling in school as I always did poorly. Does anyone else have this feature?


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Some persons (children) in school can have noticeable difficulties in class spelling bees due to undiagnosed ADHD Inattentive, undiagnosed central auditory processing disorder (CAPD), undiagnosed petit/absence/TLE/complex partial (and so on), undiagnosed constructional apraxia, etc.



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02 Mar 2011, 1:48 pm

I will find myself writing the word on my leg with my finger as part of fidgeting.



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02 Mar 2011, 1:59 pm

i don't spell but i usually count most stuff i see :/

even after i know how many letters or numbers or items i still recount them :/



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03 Mar 2011, 4:27 am

the only way i can spell things is to break them down into their syllables, then spell each syllable in turn.