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Postby Alligator9 » Tue Dec 02, 2014 9:28 pm

are autist people good or bad in math?
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Re: autism and math

Postby seabreezeblue » Wed Dec 03, 2014 7:44 pm

A lot of autistic people/people with aspergers are good/great at math.. personally, I'm seriously rubbish at math.
I can manage really well with day to day maths skills but anything more complicated than what I need for doing the weekly food shop is beyond my abilities..

Here, have a study;
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2 ... th-prowess

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Re: autism and math

Postby EarlyMorning » Sun Feb 15, 2015 2:41 am

I am seriously rubbish at maths - still add up on fingers.
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Re: autism and math

Postby ElodieR » Sun Feb 15, 2015 3:17 pm

Some people with autism have problems with math; others are math geniuses. Albert Einstein was one of the smartest people who ever lived, and he always said something like this, "Do not be concerned with your difficulties with math. I can assure you mine are far greater than yours." Just because you may not be good at math, it doesn't mean you are smart. Some people are smart, but they don't have common sense. I'm not sure common sense is very common. My grandmother used to call it good sense. The smartest people can do the dumbest things. Math is a mechanical aptitude anyway. People skills are far more important if you asked me. Don't worry about math. If you are so concerned, practice, practice, practice. Sometimes I think something is hard, but if I try hard enough, I can get it, then I wonder why I thought it was so hard in the first place. Some people can do higher math than others, but that doesn't necessarily mean they are smarter. You never know until you try. You can always try harder or stick to the levels you can do.
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Re: autism and math

Postby John_A » Tue Jun 02, 2015 5:11 pm

My math is so bad and I have trouble remembering any formula and even basic things like how to do long division.. seriously it's bad.
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Re: autism and math

Postby blanc123 » Thu Jun 04, 2015 3:58 am

Personally, I love doing math but I'm terrible at doing the more complicated stuff that involve graphing and the sorts. I have met a bunch of other people with autism that are just fantastic at math so good for them!
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Re: autism and math

Postby seabreezeblue » Thu Jun 04, 2015 9:36 am

^^ absolutely good for them :D

I know someone with Aspergers that is so good at maths that I really want to just sit inside their brain for a little while and see how their thoughts work..
They honestly astonish me with the things they can do.
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Re: autism and math

Postby madjoe » Sat Jun 06, 2015 9:53 am

as apsychopath i'm a codebreaker when it comes to humans
so if autism= math
psychopath = psychology?
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Re: autism and math

Postby seabreezeblue » Sat Jun 06, 2015 10:25 am

Because of the fact that some people with autism aren't good at math.. it seems likely that as good as psychopaths are at reading and ''code breaking'' people - some of them aren't as good at it as others and can be code cracked back.

Do you find it easy to codebreak everyone or are some a lot more difficult and you can't do it?
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Re: autism and math

Postby madjoe » Sat Jul 04, 2015 7:03 pm

i'm good at it
i even do aspies as a challenge
it's like breaking a apple comp when you are used to windows
nothing evil
things like predicting reactions and trying to make ppl lol

some ppl think psychopathy is on the autism spectrum
i can see how some ppl can think that savant with ppl?

i never did good at school but i did like algebra (never did a lot of that and i got a bit of dislexia and easely distracted)
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