Re: The little things:Seeing things

firemonkey <firemonkey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"When a person has an autism spectrum disorder, like Asperger's, there
are a host of little things that that pop up, unexpected, to interfere
with daily functioning. In the next few weeks, I plan to outline a few
of these...starting with visual processing.

A minority of people with Asperger's Syndrome have such problems - from
what I can tell.

[snip]

Contrary to what the average layperson may expect, the brain plays a
large part in determining what we see and how we see it.

In my experience, pretty much all adults (and children beyond the age of
about 7 or 8) know very well that it's the eye-brain-mind system that
does seeing, that it's the ear-brain-mind system that does hearing, and
so on.

[snip]

Most people on the autism spectrum are affected in some way with sensory
issues

From my reading most people with Asperger's syndrome are not so affected
- only an odd minority.

but no individual experiences it in exactly the same way. I
have read accounts of people who have been much more deeply affected by
sensory integration issues than I have, but it does cause a certain
amount of havoc in my life. "

[snip]

Most of us don't have these effects to speak of as far as I can tell -
although I'm aware that my wife finds it alarming when I'm riding the
bike and turning to talk to her sat on the back. Yes, while making
progress along the highway on a motorcycle.

I don't have exceptional peripheral vision at all, but I can quite
happily ride a bike while looking to one side - peripheral vision
permits me to keep enough of an eye on the road ahead to be able to see
when I need to apply my high-res vision to the job.

Just a matter of not having your attention exclusively on the central
field of view - but that's how normal human vision works, surely?

Nothing exceptional about my vision at all, not at all - but it means I
can do quite a bit of sight-seeing while on long trips.

Rowland.

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