I was reading the paper "What can neurodiversity tell us about inner speech, and vice versa? A theoretical perspective".
It's new from last week (September 5th). It's a good lecture to better understand how inner speech works differently for us and how it shows in autists.
I read this:
"the apparent lack of verbal strategy in autistic participants did not make them worse at the task. This is consistent with a broader range of evidence highlighting that structural language skills and verbal IQ do not predict cognitive performance in autistic adults in a similar way to neurotypical individuals (e.g. Constable et al., 2018),suggesting that language in general may occupy a different place within autistic cognition."
This made perfect sense for me and how I work. I don't like to speak to myself. It's painful and it's not natural. I like to imagine with colors, patterns, images, objects, etc. I also need a situation with a place.
I fix a lot of things at home without the help of anyone for an example. The way I realize them in my brain before applying is autistic and not verbal.
Link to the paper:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001094522300206X
@Autistrain @actuallyautistic @neurodiversity If I'm doing something like working on a website or a step-by-step project, then I talk to myself mostly so I keep the steps straight and don't skip ahead or jumble them all up. (#AuDHD here).
I like to visualize in pictures, but also find that my pictures are different from my spouse's who is a much more math/numbers oriented individual than I am.
I do that with checklists - usually in a spreadsheet. Mark everything off, and that way I don't get things jumbled or forget something, and I know it's all taken care of when I see that "x" in the box next to the task.
Beware the dreaded "-" - that means it not only isn't done, there's a problem preventing it from being done.
@ScottSoCal @Autistrain @actuallyautistic @neurodiversity Spreadsheets are my friend! Them and the Todoist app/website.