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18 May 2016, 12:18 am

Are the only parts I'm actually struggling at, and frustrated about it at the moment.

Sure, I'm not afraid to ask people to rephrase what they said, but it's getting annoying. It's annoying me regardless, and there are times people would accuse me for not paying attention or being deaf.


So, background noises being mixed in the conversations. I end up mishearing things, especially when it comes to names.
If not that background noises, I may misheard people from their accents. Especially when they yell, I vaguely hear an unintelligible shout instead.

I forget things even just after being told sometimes. Even if I listened and heard the entire thing, it just disappears. What I can recall is vague details. (Ex: I recall someone telling me to get items for someone else, but I forgot who is someone, this someone else, or what item)
If not conversations, I get certain actions on the wrong order. Mostly involves missing objects or buying additional unnecessary items or leaving objects on a less secured place for 'future use' temporary forgetting the 'less secured' part until it's too late.
While a list is useful, I don't want relying on it, and listing lists and notes doesn't solve all of it. Especially when language cannot be relied on, and I can't carry a notepad all the time.


Am'I just distracted? Thinking too ahead? Age? Then again, I gotten slower AND needy at 20. Executive Functioning? Impatience?
I want overcome these parts, and barely got any progress on my own. And yes, I survived the social realm with that kind burden other than cluelessness and literal thinking.
I'm not deaf and I don't have a short attention span. :x


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18 May 2016, 12:29 am

Have you gotten a full I.Q evaluation done?

I have the same problem, it wasn't necessarily memory LOSS But actually my brain was failing to process information fast enough. So if a person were to say a sentence my brain could not retain the information fast enough and it was gone within a few seconds.


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18 May 2016, 7:04 am

Edna3362 wrote:
I forget things even just after being told sometimes. Even if I listened and heard the entire thing, it just disappears. What I can recall is vague details. (Ex: I recall someone telling me to get items for someone else, but I forgot who is someone, this someone else, or what item)
If not conversations, I get certain actions on the wrong order. Mostly involves missing objects or buying additional unnecessary items or leaving objects on a less secured place for 'future use' temporary forgetting the 'less secured' part until it's too late.
While a list is useful, I don't want relying on it, and listing lists and notes doesn't solve all of it. Especially when language cannot be relied on, and I can't carry a notepad all the time.

You could try utilizing intonation patterns by repeating names or other points of importance and changing the tone so it's more memorable. Here's an interesting TEDx talk on it - I strongly suggest watching the entire thing: https://youtu.be/02EJ1IdC6tE?t=4m37s

Generally, people remember information far better when they understand something. If you are told to get x items for y person, then think about the function of those items, and think about who that person is; what's their role? Now link the two together, what do x items have to do with y person?

You could also try taking their perspective and imagining yourself saying what they said. Using the same example from above try imagining the items, person, and various facts relating to those things. Such as where are they located? What do they look like? Imagine yourself collecting the items and giving them to the person.

You don't even need to remember the words; just remember what the items and picture look like. It has been proven that our ability(everyone - not just people with asd) to remember visual things is far better than our ability to remember numerous facts. The best method of remembering vast amounts of information is through the mind palace, primarily based around visual memory.

There are many other techniques and things you could do.



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18 May 2016, 7:41 pm

ZombieBrideXD wrote:
Have you gotten a full I.Q evaluation done?

I have the same problem, it wasn't necessarily memory LOSS But actually my brain was failing to process information fast enough. So if a person were to say a sentence my brain could not retain the information fast enough and it was gone within a few seconds.


According to my 2nd evaluation report on 2009 (Age 14.1)
The lowest of all test age scores are either had something to do with Verbal Reasoning and Short Term Memory - Both goes to Below average to slow, or 2 to 6 years delayed.
The rest are either average to superior.


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18 May 2016, 7:44 pm

Edna3362 wrote:
ZombieBrideXD wrote:
Have you gotten a full I.Q evaluation done?

I have the same problem, it wasn't necessarily memory LOSS But actually my brain was failing to process information fast enough. So if a person were to say a sentence my brain could not retain the information fast enough and it was gone within a few seconds.


According to my 2nd evaluation report on 2009 (Age 14.1)
The lowest of all test age scores are either had something to do with Verbal Reasoning and Short Term Memory - Both goes to Below average to slow, or 2 to 6 years delayed.
The rest are either average to superior.


Yeah the processing speed and short term memory MIGHT be the same thing


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18 May 2016, 8:06 pm

Dawn Crow wrote:
Edna3362 wrote:
I forget things even just after being told sometimes. Even if I listened and heard the entire thing, it just disappears. What I can recall is vague details. (Ex: I recall someone telling me to get items for someone else, but I forgot who is someone, this someone else, or what item)
If not conversations, I get certain actions on the wrong order. Mostly involves missing objects or buying additional unnecessary items or leaving objects on a less secured place for 'future use' temporary forgetting the 'less secured' part until it's too late.
While a list is useful, I don't want relying on it, and listing lists and notes doesn't solve all of it. Especially when language cannot be relied on, and I can't carry a notepad all the time.

You could try utilizing intonation patterns by repeating names or other points of importance and changing the tone so it's more memorable. Here's an interesting TEDx talk on it - I strongly suggest watching the entire thing: https://youtu.be/02EJ1IdC6tE?t=4m37s

Generally, people remember information far better when they understand something. If you are told to get x items for y person, then think about the function of those items, and think about who that person is; what's their role? Now link the two together, what do x items have to do with y person?

You could also try taking their perspective and imagining yourself saying what they said. Using the same example from above try imagining the items, person, and various facts relating to those things. Such as where are they located? What do they look like? Imagine yourself collecting the items and giving them to the person.

You don't even need to remember the words; just remember what the items and picture look like. It has been proven that our ability(everyone - not just people with asd) to remember visual things is far better than our ability to remember numerous facts. The best method of remembering vast amounts of information is through the mind palace, primarily based around visual memory.

There are many other techniques and things you could do.


That's how I improvise things. I have no problems remembering sounds or associating. It's the words I'm having trouble with. If I lost an info, I get to deduce things easy.
I have no problem remembering faces, what they generally say or what they do, but not their names.


The point is, I don't like NOT able to hear voices instead of noises with vague gibberish as a word that I have to decipher.
It does not help the short term memory part. And the short term memory didn't helped the lack of filter either.

And the missteps? I'm beginning to question if I'm rather absent minded or having odd recollections with wrong chronical order. :|


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