I would like to share my experiences here of being an autistic person. The most significant thing for any autistic person like me is that they see the whole world somewhat differently. Our minds don’t work as fast. We are somewhat slower than other people. We may take twice the amount of time to understand things than normal individuals do. If something new comes our way, we need to read it twice so that we make sure we understand it completely. Even though we try to get things right the first time itself, they don’t sink in. We need to read things a second time.
The important thing for us is to understand and accept what we are. I am realistic about what I am. I know that I will have to go through things again, so I don’t take it as a pain. I know that when I read things the first time, it is only my outer brain accepting the facts, but for my autistic inner brain to digest what I have read, I have to read it again. Today, I am comfortable with this reality. Do not think that I am reading something by-heart when I read it over and over again. I am only trying to understand it by doing so.
Another thing is that I need to pay special attention to some parts of whatever material I read. There are things that my superficial brain just goes through and I need to read it again just for my brain to process it. A decade ago, when I was trying to come to grips with the English language, my brain underwent these processes. I had a tutor, but she was interested in merely giving me the basic material I needed to have some conversational knowledge of the language. I felt the deficiency there. I realized that I would need to put in some more effort in order to understand the language properly.
I did not get the kind of personal attention from my tutor that I was hoping for. But for an autistic person like me, personal attention is what makes all the difference.
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