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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 65857" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I was talking to easy child 2/difficult child 2 this evening as I drove her to college (on the way to difficult child 1's drama class). We were talking about how she's at last been given back her extra shifts at the store where she works as a checkout chick. For a kid with an IQ of 145, a checkout chick job is really not making the best use of her abilities, but she's finding ways to use her skills.</p><p></p><p>She had her shifts cut back because a senior (male) staff member reckoned she wasn't noticing and responding to customer needs. It may have been a misunderstanding, or it may have been her borderline Asperger's. But the shift organiser, when she finally realised there was skulduggery afoot to keep easy child 2/difficult child 2 on only two shifts a week, told the senior staff that she wanted to give more shifts to the staff with the highest accuracy in balancing up at the end of the day. And easy child 2/difficult child 2 is rarely out by even 5c (our smallest coin) - she is their most accurate operator.</p><p></p><p>We talked about this, from what I can work out she's carrying out a mental balance very time there is a transaction on her register. She's constantly assessing her coins and notes status in her head, to minimise the amount of work needing to be done at the end of the day; working to keep coin amounts down and notes amounts up. She keeps bills rolled in set amounts as soon as she can, all this while checking off groceries and operating her till.</p><p>And she wonders why the other girls don't do this too!</p><p></p><p>She's not QUITE an automatic calculator, but she's getting close. She has difficulty recognising customer faces or distinguishing between them, but she's finding ways to get the job done, and done well.</p><p></p><p>An amazing young lady. Very good with people, makes friends easily (too easily, sometimes) and although she can see through it when someone is being nasty to her, she is still very generous and forgiving about it. She WILL walk away, however, from someone who is abusing her trust. No second chances. She used to give too many chances but got badly burned when she was 12, by a 'best friend' who had a lot of problems. Lacks confidence at times, especially in new situations.</p><p></p><p>All these kids are so different, and yet when you sit down and analyse it, you can see the similarities. </p><p></p><p>I can't speak about bipolar, I have very little experience. I do not know of any children in Australia who have been diagnosed with it. In fact, I know very few adults diagnosed with it. I've met sociopaths, psychopaths, people with various mental illnesses from schizoaffective disorder to Munchhausen's to depression, but bipolar is simply outside my experience.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 65857, member: 1991"] I was talking to easy child 2/difficult child 2 this evening as I drove her to college (on the way to difficult child 1's drama class). We were talking about how she's at last been given back her extra shifts at the store where she works as a checkout chick. For a kid with an IQ of 145, a checkout chick job is really not making the best use of her abilities, but she's finding ways to use her skills. She had her shifts cut back because a senior (male) staff member reckoned she wasn't noticing and responding to customer needs. It may have been a misunderstanding, or it may have been her borderline Asperger's. But the shift organiser, when she finally realised there was skulduggery afoot to keep easy child 2/difficult child 2 on only two shifts a week, told the senior staff that she wanted to give more shifts to the staff with the highest accuracy in balancing up at the end of the day. And easy child 2/difficult child 2 is rarely out by even 5c (our smallest coin) - she is their most accurate operator. We talked about this, from what I can work out she's carrying out a mental balance very time there is a transaction on her register. She's constantly assessing her coins and notes status in her head, to minimise the amount of work needing to be done at the end of the day; working to keep coin amounts down and notes amounts up. She keeps bills rolled in set amounts as soon as she can, all this while checking off groceries and operating her till. And she wonders why the other girls don't do this too! She's not QUITE an automatic calculator, but she's getting close. She has difficulty recognising customer faces or distinguishing between them, but she's finding ways to get the job done, and done well. An amazing young lady. Very good with people, makes friends easily (too easily, sometimes) and although she can see through it when someone is being nasty to her, she is still very generous and forgiving about it. She WILL walk away, however, from someone who is abusing her trust. No second chances. She used to give too many chances but got badly burned when she was 12, by a 'best friend' who had a lot of problems. Lacks confidence at times, especially in new situations. All these kids are so different, and yet when you sit down and analyse it, you can see the similarities. I can't speak about bipolar, I have very little experience. I do not know of any children in Australia who have been diagnosed with it. In fact, I know very few adults diagnosed with it. I've met sociopaths, psychopaths, people with various mental illnesses from schizoaffective disorder to Munchhausen's to depression, but bipolar is simply outside my experience. Marg [/QUOTE]
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