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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 113160" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Marg, that ball sounds like a blast. It's the sort of thing I could mesmerize myself with for hours.</p><p></p><p>I definitely do not have dyslexia, and I'm pretty certain that eye tracking is not an issue for me. I was able to read and write at a very early age, and apparently had quite a case of Little Professor-itis when I was very little (lecturing guests on the rules of the house when I was 2, that sort of thing). </p><p></p><p>The tape-looping phenomenon seems to happen only when I'm trying to say something out loud. Funny...after reading this thread yesterday, I caught myself forming a thought that I was about to speak, and tried to pay close attention to what was going on in my head.</p><p></p><p>The thought appeared fully formed in my mind. I had an idea of what I wanted to say, but I had to sit and parse it for a moment, before I could make it clear to myself. I worked it through, realized that it wasn't exactly right, and then re-did the beginning of the thought. Once that was done, I re-did the ending a few times, then spooled the whole thing through in my head 2 or 3 times until I was sure of it.</p><p></p><p>Only then did I go and find my husband and tell him what I had been thinking. The whole process took about 3 minutes, not including speaking the thought out loud.</p><p></p><p>It's akin to the process others use when they make drafts of written communication before sending off the final version. Strangely, when I write, I can just spill my thoughts and they seem to come out clearly. The processing difficulty is a bit like translating something from one language to another in my head. I have to translate the written thought into a verbal form before I can say it.</p><p></p><p>You've mentioned that your difficult child 3's first language was the written word. I wonder if he's "translating" written into spoken, the same way I do?</p><p></p><p>All the best,</p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 113160, member: 3907"] Marg, that ball sounds like a blast. It's the sort of thing I could mesmerize myself with for hours. I definitely do not have dyslexia, and I'm pretty certain that eye tracking is not an issue for me. I was able to read and write at a very early age, and apparently had quite a case of Little Professor-itis when I was very little (lecturing guests on the rules of the house when I was 2, that sort of thing). The tape-looping phenomenon seems to happen only when I'm trying to say something out loud. Funny...after reading this thread yesterday, I caught myself forming a thought that I was about to speak, and tried to pay close attention to what was going on in my head. The thought appeared fully formed in my mind. I had an idea of what I wanted to say, but I had to sit and parse it for a moment, before I could make it clear to myself. I worked it through, realized that it wasn't exactly right, and then re-did the beginning of the thought. Once that was done, I re-did the ending a few times, then spooled the whole thing through in my head 2 or 3 times until I was sure of it. Only then did I go and find my husband and tell him what I had been thinking. The whole process took about 3 minutes, not including speaking the thought out loud. It's akin to the process others use when they make drafts of written communication before sending off the final version. Strangely, when I write, I can just spill my thoughts and they seem to come out clearly. The processing difficulty is a bit like translating something from one language to another in my head. I have to translate the written thought into a verbal form before I can say it. You've mentioned that your difficult child 3's first language was the written word. I wonder if he's "translating" written into spoken, the same way I do? All the best, Trinity [/QUOTE]
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