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In relation to the part of theferrett's post which did bother me (when it went from 'people should be able to talk about their religion' to 'people should let other people try to convert them'):

http://www.livejournal.com/users/amaltheae/32016.html - pointed to by ysabel.

_I_ may not have been able to be sufficiently coherent about that part (and that's not the main point I got from Ferrett's post, either - I more got and agreed with the part about not having instant nasty reactions to people being Christian), but someone was! Yay!


(Also, I'm home sick today. Working from home, but still home sick. Bleh)

[link]

In relation to the part of theferrett's post which did bother me (when it went from 'people should be able to talk about their religion' to 'people should let other people try to convert them'):

http://www.livejournal.com/users/amaltheae/32016.html - pointed to by ysabel.

_I_ may not have been able to be sufficiently coherent about that part (and that's not the main point I got from Ferrett's post, either - I more got and agreed with the part about not having instant nasty reactions to people being Christian), but someone was! Yay!


(Also, I'm home sick today. Working from home, but still home sick. Bleh)

[brains] autism spectrum disorder overview, N(V)LD (pieces, mostly visual-spatial)

I'm currently fascinated by the description of nonverbal learning disorder (N(V)LD), because it describes me (especially as a child, before I learned lots of coping mechanisms and did a fair amount of forcing certain things to be not quite as bad) far better than either Asperger's or high-functioning autism does.

This is the first post of two, and it's taken me since mid-day Sunday (with probably 4-5 hours each day since then, including today) to manage to organize this to the point I feel ok posting it. :)

(and, as one might imagine from the amount of time it's taken me, both posts are pretty long!)
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( Intro/summary of NVLD )

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( a of couple links to autism spectrum disorders, plus some commentary from me )

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( mostly visual-spacial-organizational stuff )

[brains] autism spectrum disorder overview, N(V)LD (pieces, mostly visual-spatial)

I'm currently fascinated by the description of nonverbal learning disorder (N(V)LD), because it describes me (especially as a child, before I learned lots of coping mechanisms and did a fair amount of forcing certain things to be not quite as bad) far better than either Asperger's or high-functioning autism does.

This is the first post of two, and it's taken me since mid-day Sunday (with probably 4-5 hours each day since then, including today) to manage to organize this to the point I feel ok posting it. :)

(and, as one might imagine from the amount of time it's taken me, both posts are pretty long!)
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( Intro/summary of NVLD )

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( a of couple links to autism spectrum disorders, plus some commentary from me )

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( mostly visual-spacial-organizational stuff )

[brains] N(V)LD continued, nonverbal communication and other bits

I'm continuing my investigation into N(V)LD in this post. The previous post dealt with the overview stuff, touched on my motoric stuff, but mostly dealt with visual-spatial-organizational stuff relating to N(V)LD. This should cover nonverbal communication (which appears to be something which is a common problem throughout the autism spectrum disorders), and perhaps some other bits that didn't fit anywhere else.
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( I continue my exploraion! )

[brains] N(V)LD continued, nonverbal communication and other bits

I'm continuing my investigation into N(V)LD in this post. The previous post dealt with the overview stuff, touched on my motoric stuff, but mostly dealt with visual-spatial-organizational stuff relating to N(V)LD. This should cover nonverbal communication (which appears to be something which is a common problem throughout the autism spectrum disorders), and perhaps some other bits that didn't fit anywhere else.
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( I continue my exploraion! )

[random]

The last two posts were taking up a lot of mental real estate the past few days! I feel all acomplished now. Even if none of the rest of you care, I've got them memoried, and the effort I put into writing/organizing them helped me find bits of my brain I didn't really know about and/or understand. And my brain is empty. ;)

As one may be able to guess from the previous couple of posts, sufficient warning of things that will significantly affect my schedule is, in fact, something that will trump my need for sleep. Sufficient warning varies, depending on how much it will affect my schedule - the more dramatic an effect the more warning is preferred. (I would guess that I prefer about a week's warning for most additions or moving of things, since I tend to not have more than a week's (Mon-Sun) schedule in my head at a time)

I _can_ adjust to things with insufficient warning, especially if they are a positive change, but it will cost. And the cost increases the less warning I have. Neutral - or worse, negative - changes with insufficient warning, however, tend to result in me strongly wanting to refuse to make the change, even if I can actually do it, regardless of if I actually refuse. (Feeling like I can refuse without causing anyone any problems makes me less likely to want to refuse if the time is available, interestingly enough)

Note, though - I do generally intentionally schedule flexibility into my schedule, otherwise life would be intensely difficult. It's just... good to have a general sense of what I am likely to be doing, when (including that I have no strong feeling about what I do during a particular time slice, so the time is available for random occurances as long as it's not literally someone dropping by with no warning).

And having people cancel on me (reducing my schedule) is not a problem, because I can always find something else to do with that time. Of course, if there is no good reason (which can include that someone needs time to one's self), it'll make me displeased with the person, and less willing to schedule things with them in the future. It's having things added to my schedule or needing to be moved around that can be a problem.

Still sick. Sad lungs. Going to go to bed soon. Working from home, literally in my bed, is amusing. And confuses the hell out of my cat.

Oddly not terribly hungry most of today. I'm apparently making up for it tonight, though. Shall have a snack before sleep.

Connection to work randomly died earlier today, but since it was a fair amount after the normal work day, I felt ok just stopping what I was doing.

Ok, hunger and sleep need just removed anything else I may have wanted to say. Which may have been nothing at all. :)

[random]

The last two posts were taking up a lot of mental real estate the past few days! I feel all acomplished now. Even if none of the rest of you care, I've got them memoried, and the effort I put into writing/organizing them helped me find bits of my brain I didn't really know about and/or understand. And my brain is empty. ;)

As one may be able to guess from the previous couple of posts, sufficient warning of things that will significantly affect my schedule is, in fact, something that will trump my need for sleep. Sufficient warning varies, depending on how much it will affect my schedule - the more dramatic an effect the more warning is preferred. (I would guess that I prefer about a week's warning for most additions or moving of things, since I tend to not have more than a week's (Mon-Sun) schedule in my head at a time)

I _can_ adjust to things with insufficient warning, especially if they are a positive change, but it will cost. And the cost increases the less warning I have. Neutral - or worse, negative - changes with insufficient warning, however, tend to result in me strongly wanting to refuse to make the change, even if I can actually do it, regardless of if I actually refuse. (Feeling like I can refuse without causing anyone any problems makes me less likely to want to refuse if the time is available, interestingly enough)

Note, though - I do generally intentionally schedule flexibility into my schedule, otherwise life would be intensely difficult. It's just... good to have a general sense of what I am likely to be doing, when (including that I have no strong feeling about what I do during a particular time slice, so the time is available for random occurances as long as it's not literally someone dropping by with no warning).

And having people cancel on me (reducing my schedule) is not a problem, because I can always find something else to do with that time. Of course, if there is no good reason (which can include that someone needs time to one's self), it'll make me displeased with the person, and less willing to schedule things with them in the future. It's having things added to my schedule or needing to be moved around that can be a problem.

Still sick. Sad lungs. Going to go to bed soon. Working from home, literally in my bed, is amusing. And confuses the hell out of my cat.

Oddly not terribly hungry most of today. I'm apparently making up for it tonight, though. Shall have a snack before sleep.

Connection to work randomly died earlier today, but since it was a fair amount after the normal work day, I felt ok just stopping what I was doing.

Ok, hunger and sleep need just removed anything else I may have wanted to say. Which may have been nothing at all. :)