Mannify

Goodness, Raydon, that article looks fascinating. I've only read the abstract, but I'll read properly later. Thanks

I like the celtic knot thing, too. I wonder how that came about?

I'm hopeless at names, too! Hey, amberzak, check out how your one word association thread worked out

Mike, that's close to something I used to wonder when I was a kid - I mean a really little kid. I used to wonder whether my perception animated everything (although, obviously, I didn't think it with that vocabulary). I remember thinking it sitting on the back of mum's bike, which means that at the oldest, I would have been four, I think.

My sister just admitted that she pretty much passed her progress test based on watching House.

I don't know, it's a pain. I'm sitting next to a student doc right now. In a few years time, I'll just phone her

Fair enough.

What made you join? What has been its impact? (When I say 'site', I intend to include both the forum and PM) I came across this site researching an autism-related subject pertinent to my sons. I joined up because I thought I might as well, since I'm always glad of extra sources of information. The third question I cannot readily quantify or qualify, but it'd be interesting to hear what others have to say .

testing

drake

Thanks for the info, Robert. It's cool to have a forum resident expert on aural issues .

Sounds like a positive epiphany .

Ha, I watched that, Aeolienne Sometimes the guest wins out. Do you watch tv?

engine

Presumably, if it's an online conference, there's no need to travel.

That's your considered response, is it? 'Yeah'?

adulterate

invasion

Hi, interesting avatar

My sister's also staying on Friday and Saturday night and will have to share a room with me. Since I cannot really inflict NIN on her all night, and she also makes mouthing noises, I guess it's best to just resign myself now to not sleeping those two nights, eh?

mentality

Actually, baldness and wearing a hat are not mutually exclusive states, are they?

Writing is ace compared to verbal conversation, because my mental processes can be so slow when aural processing is involved, especially if it's a stressful situation. There's a big difference with me between someone coming up to me and demanding, "What's your name?" and me writing an essay or doing an exam. I'm better once I'm in comfortable, unpressured conversation with someone, though.

I pick my kids out easily enough, although they're very blond which makes it a more efficient process. Lancslad, I have a tall husband, 6ft1, who is either bald or wearing a hat. So these are the things that help me hone in, but I imagine everyone refines the search in that way in a crowd. I've never really considered how much slower the process would be if I had to go on facial features alone. Thing is, I don't notice what people are wearing much, or their hairstyles, although I do with close friends and family, so I don't even use those as cues, really. With dog-walkers, I go by their dogs (hence the difficulty when someone changes their dog). For most people I reach a tipping point at which I do reliably recognise them, but it's a slow process, and people sometimes can't be bothered with me way before I get to that point. One of the things that helps me reach tipping point with a person, in fact, is having offended them. And when I think about what it is I recognise about them, is it their face? Hmmm, I think I rely on other stuff first. Like Darkshine, there were instances as a kid when I hung around a random lady assuming her to be my mum, but I think that's coz I was lttle and grown-ups are big.