Another example that comes to mind is the child with excellent processing speed in life, who has a lot of perfectionist behaviors and gets a low score because they are trying to do the task perfectly. Or even a child with a good work ethic who has trained themself that 'slow and steady beats fast and sloppy' - who wouldn't want a child to learn that?
Thanks Grinity for writing up such a treasure trove of information. I dont think DS is a perfectionist but he is definetly is the slow and steady type.
What slowed me down in day to day life was my 'bottleneck' (not a true disability, just a place where my racecar brain had only tricycle wheels to ride on i.e. average for an average person, but a true PIA for me)
This is such a beautiful anology.
with Working Memory. Getting dressed, teeth brushed and fed in the morning is a great example of a complicated task with lots of little parts to juggle,track, and monitor.
I hadnt thought of this maybe a timer for each task will help him. I should try it tomorrow.
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(You might wonder why I think I have lightening fast PS even though I've never seen any of my test results. I sort of know because when I go to a movie, I laugh about 10 seconds before the rest of the crowd gets started. It also helps with reading between the lines to pick up on little things that are not directly stated.)
This reminded me that DS has a great sense of humour. He loves comedies and laughs his head off during movies that he drowns out the next bit of conversation that follows. His creative writing assignments at school have all been funny - juvenile humor nothing subtle ;-)
Please ask about any questions that come to mind while reading this!
Grinity
Thanks Grinity - thank you for being so helpful. I will pursue the route of getting an eval from a neuro psychologist.
