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27 May 2015, 8:21 am

My name is Alex, I'm 21 years old, I'm from the UK and I have high functioning autism. I have written a book about my experiences of growing up with autism, what life was like as a child, how I saw the wold, and coming to terms with having autism. The book's called 'Thinking Club: A Filmstrip of My Llife as a Person with Autism'.

You can view the paperback version on amazon here - http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Club-Fil ... lex+lowery

You can view the ebook here - http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Club-Fil ... lex+lowery



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27 May 2015, 11:26 am

Congratulations on finishing a book! :D

No small achievement. I hope it does well and helps you communicate the things you want to share with the world.



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27 May 2015, 7:00 pm

AlexWelshman wrote:
My name is Alex, I'm 21 years old, I'm from the UK and I have high functioning autism. I have written a book about my experiences of growing up with autism, what life was like as a child, how I saw the wold, and coming to terms with having autism. The book's called 'Thinking Club: A Filmstrip of My Llife as a Person with Autism'.

You can view the paperback version on amazon here - http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Club-Fil ... lex+lowery

You can view the ebook here - http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Club-Fil ... lex+lowery


Congrats!

Alex, how good is your memory? compared to other people?
Can you describe how good your memory is?
is it photographic? phonographic?
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28 May 2015, 8:13 am

Congratulations! I want to have a look sometime.

I hope you don't mind but I'm moving this thread to General Autism Discussion as it belongs there better than in News & Current Events, and should get more responses there.


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31 May 2015, 6:30 pm

Good for you! Will we have to wait another twenty one years for the sequel? :lol:


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31 May 2015, 6:47 pm

Congratulations. I would have also recommended self-publishing on smashwords too.



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16 Jun 2015, 3:13 pm

@slave
Sorry for the late reply. I've not checked the Wrong Planet in a while. Overall, my long term memory us rather good. I have a tendency to remember past evens in my life vividly, even from a young age right up to now. My very early memories are a bit fuzzy though. Also, I tend to remember past events in pictures, rather than words. And I even see my past life as a filmstrip. My short-term memory is terrrible though! How's your memory?

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No problamo! I don't mind it being moved at all. I was kinda unsure were I should put it to tell you the truth. Thanks!

@Kraichgauer
Yes, quite likely! I do actually hope to right a sequel at some point, but that'll be a very long way off. At least 10 years for sure!

Thanks for your comments guys!



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16 Jun 2015, 8:00 pm

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@slave
Sorry for the late reply. I've not checked the Wrong Planet in a while. Overall, my long term memory us rather good. I have a tendency to remember past evens in my life vividly, even from a young age right up to now. My very early memories are a bit fuzzy though. Also, I tend to remember past events in pictures, rather than words. And I even see my past life as a filmstrip. My short-term memory is terrrible though! How's your memory?

@envirozentinel
No problamo! I don't mind it being moved at all. I was kinda unsure were I should put it to tell you the truth. Thanks!

@Kraichgauer
Yes, quite likely! I do actually hope to right a sequel at some point, but that'll be a very long way off. At least 10 years for sure!

Thanks for your comments guys!


I asked because I wondered if you had ~~~~HYPERTHYMESIA

There are only 12 known cases in the world.

http://www.hyperthymesia.org/



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17 Jun 2015, 5:48 pm

Thank you Slave: what an interesting link!

It could be a blessing or a curse depending on how one utilized it. It would certainly be easy to write one's autobiography with hyperthymesia and I'm sure such folk would make an excellent detective, librarian, scientist or many other professions where excellent memory would be paramount.


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19 Jun 2015, 9:01 am

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AlexWelshman wrote:
@slave
Sorry for the late reply. I've not checked the Wrong Planet in a while. Overall, my long term memory is rather good. I have a tendency to remember past evens in my life vividly, even from a young age right up to now. My very early memories are a bit fuzzy though. Also, I tend to remember past events in pictures, rather than words. And I even see my past life as a filmstrip. My short-term memory is terrrible though! How's your memory?

@envirozentinel
No problamo! I don't mind it being moved at all. I was kinda unsure were I should put it to tell you the truth. Thanks!

@Kraichgauer
Yes, quite likely! I do actually hope to right a sequel at some point, but that'll be a very long way off. At least 10 years for sure!

Thanks for your comments guys!


I asked because I wondered if you had ~~~~HYPERTHYMESIA

There are only 12 known cases in the world.

http://www.hyperthymesia.org/


That link is interesting. I kinda want to look more into that condition now. Anyway, I doubt I have hyperthymesia, because I don't exactly remember everything. Yes, I' have got a pretty good memory, but my memories can get a mit mixed up sometimes. I also don't usually remember the exact date in which a certain thing happened. I'll likely know around about what year it happened in, but I don't normally remember the exact daate, day & time.



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19 Jun 2015, 12:51 pm

AlexWelshman wrote:
slave wrote:
AlexWelshman wrote:
@slave
Sorry for the late reply. I've not checked the Wrong Planet in a while. Overall, my long term memory is rather good. I have a tendency to remember past evens in my life vividly, even from a young age right up to now. My very early memories are a bit fuzzy though. Also, I tend to remember past events in pictures, rather than words. And I even see my past life as a filmstrip. My short-term memory is terrrible though! How's your memory?

@envirozentinel
No problamo! I don't mind it being moved at all. I was kinda unsure were I should put it to tell you the truth. Thanks!

@Kraichgauer
Yes, quite likely! I do actually hope to right a sequel at some point, but that'll be a very long way off. At least 10 years for sure!

Thanks for your comments guys!


I asked because I wondered if you had ~~~~HYPERTHYMESIA

There are only 12 known cases in the world.

http://www.hyperthymesia.org/


That link is interesting. I kinda want to look more into that condition now. Anyway, I doubt I have hyperthymesia, because I don't exactly remember everything. Yes, I' have got a pretty good memory, but my memories can get a mit mixed up sometimes. I also don't usually remember the exact date in which a certain thing happened. I'll likely know around about what year it happened in, but I don't normally remember the exact daate, day & time.


Yeah, then I believe you do not have hyperthymesia.

They have perfect and instant recall of all details, and it never wavers.

Eg. if they glance at their watch they will NEVER forget what it said even 50 years later.

they recall every meal they have ever eaten with perfect clarity....everything that they have ever said "word for word"...everything they have ever read...every song they have ever heard....with 100% accuracy

those of us with excellent memories are not even close to these rare individuals

imagine being MARRIED to one of them... 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O



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19 Jun 2015, 1:01 pm

Congrats OP :D

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they recall every meal they have ever eaten with perfect clarity....everything that they have ever said "word for word"...everything they have ever read...every song they have ever heard....with 100% accuracy

That is weird, I can't imagine that. I have very, very good long term memory and can remember things in detail that happened as a toddler. I remember very weird things. I can say details that are weird. I have every single memory of anything bad that has ever happened in detail, too, unfortunately. My memory is in 3D and I can pause and look around the room. However I can't remember 100% of anything that has ever happened to me and my short term isn't so great... so many times have I almost showered forgetting to bring a towel into the bathroom. :? It must be so weird having a memory like that though. Just remembering absolutely every single thing. My mid and short term are, well, s**t. :D



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23 Jun 2015, 1:25 pm

iliketrees wrote:
Congrats OP :D

slave wrote:
they recall every meal they have ever eaten with perfect clarity....everything that they have ever said "word for word"...everything they have ever read...every song they have ever heard....with 100% accuracy

That is weird, I can't imagine that. I have very, very good long term memory and can remember things in detail that happened as a toddler. I remember very weird things. I can say details that are weird. I have every single memory of anything bad that has ever happened in detail, too, unfortunately. My memory is in 3D and I can pause and look around the room. However I can't remember 100% of anything that has ever happened to me and my short term isn't so great... so many times have I almost showered forgetting to bring a towel into the bathroom. :? It must be so weird having a memory like that though. Just remembering absolutely every single thing. My mid and short term are, well, ****. :D



I'm similar when it comes to my memories. I have quite a detailed long-term memory, but I too have a pretty bad short-term memory. In the past, I have ocasionally forgotten to get a towel when going in the path, which is one jolly awkward moment. I also don't find recall easy.