tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post7265347534840742865..comments2023-10-07T11:03:10.202-05:00Comments on Autist's Corner: Synesthesia, savantism and Asperger's, oh my!Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-13261937702289131112012-09-25T16:55:20.000-05:002012-09-25T16:55:20.000-05:00I would like to have someone comment on my artwork...I would like to have someone comment on my artwork and give an opinion if this is savantism.<br /><br />I have AS and my autistic severity scoring is "moderate".<br /><br />I am a healthcare professional by trade but very active (privately) with my hobbies in art and astronomy:<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertseandavies/2484971411/in/set-72157614407563621/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-24770102217216927452009-12-01T17:50:14.573-06:002009-12-01T17:50:14.573-06:00Hello, Hilake!
"I know 428 digits, And I am ...Hello, Hilake!<br /><br />"<i>I know 428 digits, And I am synesthetic. I do not need to be cured.</i>"<br /><br />In case it's not clear from the post, I also do not think these things (synesthesia and autism) are diseases. Rock on with your synesthetic, pi-memorizing self!<br /><br />(428 digits astounds me; I'm usually only good for five to seven digits.)Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-30310918755536819082009-11-21T09:56:30.323-06:002009-11-21T09:56:30.323-06:00I know 428 digits, And I am synesthetic. I do not ...I know 428 digits, And I am synesthetic. I do not need to be curedHilakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-13795228859246839032009-01-26T15:46:00.000-06:002009-01-26T15:46:00.000-06:00oh it is different in pakistan. and although that'...oh it is different in pakistan. and although that's changing, childhood sexuality will remain something in the shadows of society's denial for a long time. until then, it is an experience of social isolation when the child is dealing with powerful feelings that he doesn't even know are 'sexual' for a very long time: in a repressive society like pakistan's, children don't have an inkling of what sex and sexuality are about.ectoplasmic reticulumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13339925325582478713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-29691853521856220302009-01-26T15:08:00.000-06:002009-01-26T15:08:00.000-06:00i can relate to that with my experience of a devia...<I>i can relate to that with my experience of a deviant sexuality [which was 'active' as far back as i remember]. i haven't met with a diagnosis so far and i can imagine my indifference to it when it comes.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://abnormaldiversity.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Ettina</A> covers something like that at the end of <A HREF="http://abnormaldiversity.blogspot.com/2008/12/self-diagnosis.html" REL="nofollow">this post</A>: she posits that one reason autistics, unlike queer people, rely on professional diagnosis to prop up their self-concepts might be that autism is still primarily considered a medical condition, while queer sexualities are no longer (in the West, anyway --- it may be different in Pakistan) considered such.<BR/><BR/>I am also a sexual deviant (*snicker*) --- I'm bisexual and polyamorous. I have not known these things forever, only since I began to have sexual feelings, which came later for me than they do for most people.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-40621739428858240792009-01-26T10:57:00.000-06:002009-01-26T10:57:00.000-06:00Thank you for this review, Lindsay. Works like thi...Thank you for this review, Lindsay. Works like this [and your blog] have to be publicized because they cast light on all the unpredictably wonderful ways to be 'human'.<BR/><BR/>'his story does not have the sense ... of a mystery finally being solved when the diagnosis is gained --- indeed, he doesn't dramatize it at all.'<BR/><BR/>that's because he didn't care for a label that would give him his sense of self. he knew from the beginning that his experiences set him apart, and he constructed his self out of those experiences, independent of the society. and i can relate to that with my experience of a deviant sexuality [which was 'active' as far back as i remember]. i haven't met with a diagnosis so far and i can imagine my indifference to it when it comes.<BR/><BR/>' "it's much easier for me to visualize the answer using my synesthetic shapes than to try to follow the "carry the one" techniques taught in the textbooks we are given at school." '<BR/><BR/>'Who says autistics can't experience complex emotions?'<BR/><BR/>the world, the social dimension of reality, is constructed around norms which apply to TN. so those who are different, become disabled. they can't function properly, they need help, they need to be cured... but the problem could be seen in another way: the society fails to find a function for them, the society needs help, it needs to be cured.<BR/><BR/>incidentally, i never did 'carry the 1' either for math problems. i borrowed and gave a ten, hundred, etc.ectoplasmic reticulumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13339925325582478713noreply@blogger.com