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chevalier26 , to ActuallyAutistic group
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@actuallyautistic Somehow got into an argument earlier about fractions with my parents, especially the fraction 15/16. I said that 7.5/8 is the same thing as 15/16, because they can be converted to each other by multiplying or dividing the numerator and denominator by 2.

My mom basically said, no, that's not right because it's not a "proper fraction" which doesn't make sense to me. The math checks out, and numerators can have decimal integers. Is there something I'm missing?

clacke ,
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@chevalier26 If by "understand fractions" they mean "know and appreciate that by the definition we learned, it's a division with two integers", then they're technically correct. 😊

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theautisticcoach , to ActuallyAutistic group
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What’s the biggest myth about autism that my comrades have come across in the course of their self-advocacy?

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clacke ,
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@183231bcb @theautisticcoach People believe that??

When I first heard about autism half a life ago ("Asperger" back then, now that's retired for multiple good reasons), it was from a friend who joked "I may seem like everyone else, but that's just because my Asperger often cancels out my ADHD".

That's not how it usually works, and probably didn't even for him, but it was a funny joke and it did provide the spark that started me looking up more about these terms.

pathfinder , to ActuallyAutistic group
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@actuallyautistic

Autistic brains be stupid. Well, obviously not stupid, they just seem to work, or not work, in mysterious ways.

The main one that has always got me, about mine, is that I have no memory for sound, absolutely none. I can't remember a song, or a sound. I can't remember what my parents sounded like and none of my memories carry, for want of a better word, a soundtrack. I can remember what I was thinking and what others were saying, but not hearing them say it, nor any other sound. I also don't dream in sound, at least as far as I know. All my dreams are silent.

And yet, and it's a big yet. I have an excellent memory for voices and sounds. Like many autistics I have near perfect pitch, at least when I'm hearing others sing, or music playing. Just don't ask me to reproduce it, because I can't. If I meet someone I haven't met for a while, then I will almost certainly not recognise their face, or remember their name, but there is a very good chance that I will recognise them from their voice. I am also very good at detecting accents. Even the slightest hint of one in, say, an actor pretending to be an american, will get me searching Wikipedian to see if I am right about their actual nationality.

So, if I can tell the sound of a Honda CBR engine two blocks away, or a voice, or an accent buried deep, I must have the memories to compare against. And yet... nope.

So, as I said, autistic brains be stupid.


clacke ,
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@pathfinder To put what what you're saying in a couple of labeled boxes:

I think what you're saying is that your brain has a strong recognition or association memory, which are categories of implicit memory, but your brain is not strong on episodic memory, which is a category of explicit memory. You also seem to have a brain that associates stronger on auditory stimuli than on other senses.

I'm not read up on whether there's an association between this combination of memory function with autism, or if it's just that one axis of being you is your autism (which you seem to be implying, apologies if I read it wrong) and another axis is how your memory works.

clacke ,
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@pathfinder Is it "autistic brain"?

To put what you're saying in a couple of labeled boxes to clarify what I mean:

What I'm reading is that your brain has a strong recognition or association memory, which are categories of implicit memory, but your brain is not strong on episodic memory, which is a category of explicit memory. You also seem to have a brain that associates stronger on auditory stimuli than on other senses, at least when using your implicit memory.

I'm not read up on whether there's an association between this combination of memory function with autism, or if it's just that one axis of being you is your autism and another axis is how your memory works. I'm hoping others here are read up on this! Fascinating topic.

clacke ,
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I would love to see others who know their research better clarify this, whether an emphasis on implicit memory is a common trait among autistic people or not, and whether strong focus on memory for a particular sense is.

@pathfinder
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clacke ,
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@everyday_human Are both hyperphantasia and aphantasia more common among people with autism?

clacke ,
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@miaoue The text in the article seems to vaguely point toward "implicit memory unaffected, explicit memory impaired", so the answer to "is it 'autistic brain'?" seems to be "could be, yeah"!

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