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Re: For teachers: hearing and perception

Author: NTSOG
Date: 2017-01-19 11:14

Hello Matthew,

I am neuro-atypical as you describe it: I am very autistic in terms of traits, but like the wonderful Dr Temple Grandin [Colorado] I was taught manners lessons as a child and I and my autistic brother learned to operate on the fringes of neuro-typical society. I also have sensory issues in that I am a high sensory-seeker and find it difficult to be still for even a few moments; I must be doing something so as to maintain psychological stability/calmness. Unlike you I find playing by ear easy, but I cannot ad-lib: imagination is a general deficit in autistics. I can listen to Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman, et al for ever, but cannot ad lib. Indeed all I can do is repeat [quite accurately] what others have composed and I remember well. Like other autistics I tend to be very narrow and literal in my focus and, frequently, miss the point of conversations and, especially, jokes. Your sensory issues are clearly quite complex - some of my many autistic clients also have such issues and hence they are often referred to occupational therapists trained in sensory integration therapy, originally developed for children with learning disabilities. Such children do not necessarily perceive common sensations in the same way as neuro-typicals. Distortions occur, either plus or minus. In my case that is why I require higher sensory input to be calm and also why I have a higher than normal pain thresh-hold. The brain is a mysterious organ.

Jim.

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