I consider myself to be good at math, although poor in spatial relations and I can tell you that having skills in that area does not make it any easier then having skills in any other area.
In fact, because I also have poor fine motor control and computers are difficult to use for working through mathematics theorems, which are necessary. Thus, in some ways it is harder knowing that you have the skills in the area and yet have to work harder than soem one who does not quite the same level of skill but who can hand write.
I don't know if I'm NLD or not, but I'm certainly not a math/science person and I have mild problems with clumsiness. I'm really passionate about history--I'm a History major and English minor--but I sometimes worry about future jobs. My adviser thinks I'll be a great candidate for grad school (PhD in History) and that is what I want to do, but I worry I won't be able to handle the teaching stuff. I just don't know. It's really hard, and I do wish I knew of more aspies who have succeeded in "verbal" fields.
I've thought about these things, too. My Math skills are pretty pitiful. I school, as soon as we moved past basic math, I got hopelessly lost and never found my way back my spatial skills are non-existant, and I've never actually met another able-bodied adult with motor skills as impaired as mine. I presently work with as a teaching assistant preschoolers with developmental delays and autism spectrum disorders, in a substandard school which is desperate for people. Based on some of the people I work with, I'm pretty sure the only qualification for working there is a pulse. It makes me sick to see how some of the staff deal with the children, but in my lowly position, there's little I can do. If I could get another job, working at a quality place, I'd be out of there in a heartbeat. I do planning on starting to quietly look for jobs in another couple of months, still there's the fear that I won't be able to find employment anywhere decent. I know there's a real chance of that. Come the end of this semester, I should be a mere twelve
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I always did well in math, but I'm far better at the logical side of it than the spatial side of it. I was always fairly weak at geometry compared to other types of math, and I had to work hard to do well in physics. My fine motor skills are not too bad (I'm a decent typist and was a decent flute player in middle/high school, but my handwriting is awful), but my gross motor skills are awful. (Phys. ed. was a nightmare, especially since I'm very petite and was towards the younger end of split-grade gifted classes a lot.)
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In fact, because I also have poor fine motor control and computers are difficult to use for working through mathematics theorems, which are necessary. Thus, in some ways it is harder knowing that you have the skills in the area and yet have to work harder than soem one who does not quite the same level of skill but who can hand write.
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I also love literature, languages, and ancient history. xD
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