Tetris Brain

JayD210 said:

Being diagnosed since the age of 3, this is something I know extremely well. Since my first diagnosis in 1989, a lot had to be overcome, but also many things were self-taught. Case in point, me and Cars along with pretty much everything mechanical. I’m very mechanically inclined. Every Car I’ve owned, my hands have done all Maintenance and most Repairs. It took a village for me. Lots of players in starting me early. What ended up the case for me rather quickly is I became a jack of all trades of sorts. My 2019 Hyundai was bought new. Has only gone to the dealer for Recalls and the Body Shop after someone hit it back in 2023. Everything else has always been done by me. My Betted half of 14 years is also on the Spectrum and thankfully doesn’t drive. I do a lot of the maintenance on all the Cars in the family fleet. It takes a Tetris Mind to be proficient when the way we learn things differs from what’s found in a classroom. For me, it goes way beyond Cars. My Boss at work where I’m the most tenured on our team, he’s found out rather quickly what the Autism Mind can really pull off be it my main Job Function as Asset Protection/Security, Investigations, or something secondary like building Security Cages for high theft items. All of it is in play.

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