Does anyone else have these problems?
I can hear a squirrel move in a tree at a hundred yards or a slow leak in a tire as I walk by, but I can't understand the words spoken into my ear without effort. I can see a squirrel in a tree at a hundred yards or a small transparent mushroom at the foot of a wall, but I can't see words on packaging or signs without my full concentration.
#ActuallyAutistic #adhd #dyslexia
dyslexia
Learning about the concept of "dyslexic thinking". I'll let others who might be more knowledgeable chime in, but I like the reframing of what is typically referred to as a "lifelong learning disorder" with a focus on the associated strengths.
RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116807406921822719
JFC
my bilinguism triggers #dyslexia and one of the biggest problems i have is understanding songs in English, YET! even with my disability, i understood what Cohen meant when i first heared:
❝ She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah❞
it’s s song about the liminal space between sex & the sacred. that stanza is about ORGASMS and MYSTIC ECSTASY.
it’s Cohen’s low-key shoutout to George Bataille’s ON EROTISM.