Savantic Ablitys

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I would like to know what kind of exceptional ablities you folks have, no matter how weird or insignificant they may be. . .


I got the idea after reading how Jetson could do the cool calender trick.






My alblitys (exceptional)

Reading comprehension;

When I was in 8th grade I tested behind the "college graduate level".
In 3rd grade I tested at the 7th grade level, which was unsual b/c folks with hearing losses like mine are not supposed to exceed a 4th grade level in their lifetimes. . .


Drafting;

I took the class, and taught myself the entire contents of the class in 3 weeks. I then proceeded to more advanced stuff, like rendering/animation.


More questionable skills (in my veiw)

Writing;

My english teachers love my writing, but I hate most of it b/c of grammer errors, etc.

Artistic Skills

This is purely subjective so I am reluctant to say that I am indeed "savantic" in this department. I do, however, have a large pile of art awards from HS, and I did get a $28,000 scholarship to CCAD.

I would say that my savantic abilities are in the field of memory and mathematics, as well as understanding things related to astronomy.

Since I was a teenager, I have had a
sense in detecting and experiencing
haunted places or energies, yet be
indirect to them(as a viewer). This
is one of the reasons I got into
Parapsychology. To better grasp
the I-Physical relationship to this
6th sense, so it can have a balance
of spirit, intuition, and I-physical.

Hmmmmm?
Ghosthunter

I have a great memory of remembering events that happened in my life. Also of school subjects, my memory was very good. Also I have great knowledge in mathematics.

Me too, Ghosthunter!

I can sense when something is "off" in a place, and have seen a couple of ghosts back on campus in RI. When I was younger, I saw shadows in our own house, which I now believe to be energies rather than actual spirits walking about. This is something that runs in our family, I believe, as my Great Grandmother was a healer, my aunt has had an out of body experience, and my cousin has seen a number more ghosts than I have.

About the ghost-sensing thing...

I used to think I could do that. Sometimes I'd get "freaked out" for no reason. I could be sitting in my room playing my bass guitar then suddenly I would feel uneasy.

I would only get like this in my parent's house. Here in my apartment or in anyone else's house I would be fine.

Weirdness!

What I find interesting is with Autism the
senses and feeling around you are much
less muddled. We have the tendency to
experience without asking those around
us as a overcompensation for the lack of
social and eyecontact normalities
that most NT's don't get past.

I for example have in my G.E.D review
did a "Captain McClueless and The Ghosthunter"
cartooning study on older to newer theories
and their retakes that newer investigators
copied from the older investigators, minus
the spiritualism take.

I use this 6th sense I-Physically by reading
into sincereity and non-sincereity writings
and meaning, be they in a book, and
on this web site. I often call it intuition
and it has been like having a guardian
guiding you instinctively.

Hmmmmmm?
Boooooo! Ghosthunter

I'm a mimic. I can do both speech and singing mimicry. I think there's a couple of other mimics on site too.

I can mimic too! I mimic my little brother all the time. I also tend to feel uneasy at times for no reason. Hmm...what else can I do?

I can write a fairly good poem when I'm depressed. Umm... nothing I can really think of right now.

People tell me that I'm a good artist.

I'm very good at remembering data, especially statistical things and numbers. And I've been fascinated with computers since I was 2.

I can learn languages very quickly. I always had a great long-term memory; unfortunately, I can never remember where I put keys and such.

I'm good with philosophy and role-playing games...

That's about it...

Musical: I can hear a piece of music and play it back on the piano...I taught myself how to play piano. I have perfect pitch, which gets me into trouble, especially when watching American Idol. I don't know why people think those competitors are good singers (except Kelly Clarkson, she has great pitch control)...end of Sidebar

Languages: I pick up languages easily and the accents come easily too.

Preminotory: I once had a dream where a man was hanging from a maple tree. I was seeing him hanging, and although I still knew I existed, I felt jubilation, b/c this man had molested my daughter (at the time, I did not have a daughter, nor any children). I felt like the guy who hung the other man, was showing this to me, to let me share in the moment. It was so incredibly intense, that I felt sick when I woke up. I told my boyfriend about it as soon as we woke up. Later that day, we were driving down the freeway when a news bulletin came on the radio. They announced that the police had discovered a convicted child molester, hanging from a tree, in my city and that they had no suspects. My boyfriend flipped out and got really pale. I will never forget that as long as I live. I have had other premonitions, and other esp type stuff.

Making connections out of random things: I have always been able to do this and it freaks people out. I don't know how other people live without being able to do that.

Photographic memory: I really like this aspect.

Really, though there are so many things that I cannot do well, that I am not like this super-human or anything. Sports, dancing and drawing are huge no-nos for me.

Tallgirl.

I have a compass in my head. I always know where north is, without thinking, and as a result I perceive everything around me as being oriented relative to geographical directions. Strangely enough, with such good directional skills I mix up left and right all the time!

Tallgirl, your mention of premonition reminded me how that sometimes happens to me. It's never as extreme as the experience you mentioned, but occasionally I'll hear someone say something or get a really clear vision of something in a dream, then later that day I'll experience it exactly as I'd felt earlier. I've never told anyone else about it though, so I guess I don't have much credibility.