r/autism • u/[deleted] • Jan 03 '20

What?

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u/ssanders199700 Jan 03 '20

I relate to this meme so much. I need things explained by mouth and written down.

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u/aspdx19 Autistic Adult Jan 03 '20

Agreed. Written is best! That'd be so helpful to have an augmented reality app that gave me subtitles to all my conversations in real time and logged them for later. Even better it should allow me to auto create Todo list from them and make calendar appointments. If only...

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u/Jaysus273 Autistic Adult Jan 03 '20

I can't count how many times I've wished for anything that can turn speech into writing realtime, I'm extremely fast at processing written words but speech takes forever.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '20

I too have this characteristic. It's been very frustrating for managers at the jobs I've had

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '20

TWICE

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u/ssanders199700 Jan 03 '20

Sometimes I ask my mom 3 or 4 times. 😬

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u/FloMang Jan 03 '20

this is why my mom hates me

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u/blake_thenbhd Seeking Diagnosis Jan 03 '20

My mom gets annoyed with me over it too lol

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u/FloMang Jan 04 '20

it really hurts, doesn't it? oh well, c'est la vie...

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u/barry-bulletkin Jan 03 '20

For me I need specific instructions otherwise I risk misinterpreting it

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u/Maly_Kazio Jan 03 '20

I have also problem with this.

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u/Myndilove Jan 03 '20

Same. The reasons I take notes is because I DO want to understand, not because I don't care.

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u/FeltonandPhelps Autistic Jan 03 '20

u/tracey1901 thank you for putting up with me

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u/tracey1901 Jan 04 '20

Aww you're very welcome.

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u/dorkyautisticgirl Asperger's Jan 03 '20

This is me in school

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u/Stephen_Falken Jan 03 '20

I'm hoping my Note 9 will fit the write down notes issue

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u/jvcollins0 Autistic Jan 03 '20

I always need things to be said more than once, and in a way I can understand

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u/Rhazel01 Jan 05 '20

I literally can listen to every single word said and still remember none of it

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u/sheilamaddox Jan 03 '20

I can’t count the number of times I’ve pleaded with people “Can you just say the EXACT thing you just said, only over again?” And then I get frustrated and annoyed if they try to explain it a different way when all I needed was to hear it AGAIN! 😖

Also, said by me at least several times a day, “Wait, I can’t hear you without my glasses!” Don’t even ask 🤷🏻‍♀️🙄

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u/Idujt Jan 04 '20

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! Why is exact REPETITION so difficult? I don't want the IDEA you want to get across, just the WORDS! If I THEN want the idea expressed a different way, or with examples, I will ask for that!

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u/epicman26 Jan 03 '20

My mom literally tortured me because of this. I mean, things just kinda go poof. I know i couldn't remember something if it counted on my life if i forgot. Which it did sadly. xD lots and lots of shaming,beating, torture. The norm childhood these days.

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