Comments on: How to make a phone call, in 70 easy steps.

By: Sanity Score « Urocyon's Meanderings

Sanity Score « Urocyon's Meanderings — Sat, 01 May 2010 18:16:40 +0000

[…] trouble getting in the shower because you’re depressed, or does it have more in common with How to make a phone call, in 70 easy steps? Maybe it’s a combination of the two (my, do I know that one), or something else […]

By: Evonne

Evonne — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:40:39 +0000

Wow. Something non-consecutive was going on with the comment posting there.

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:13:23 +0000

I just read this. Funny. I can relate. I have been diagnosed with inattentive ADHD and hyposensitive sensory processing disorder myself, and read your blog on when PDD-NOS applies and realized that it could apply to me, so yeah, I’m not designed for the world. I’m not exactly sure why I just had to explain my diagnosies, but there you go. I find, for myself, that a verbal prompt helps, but alas, I find that hard to find.

By: rr

rr — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:51:40 +0000

One more comment. No wonder I don’t get anything done! Especially the part where I go to the refrigerator and then have to start all over. Refrigerators must have something in them that temporarily sucks your brain dry…. :) Oh, I know. Flourescent light.

By: rr

rr — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:45:23 +0000

Gosh. This is how I do *everything!* This is both hilarious and a bit scary. I don’t know why I am scared, but perhaps it is because I have always held onto the hope that I could just make a phone call in less than 70 (or 10, or whatever) steps, if I *really wanted to* or if I would *just* pay attention. You have a really good blog elsewhere about people assuming someone could do something if they just wanted to so I won’t go into that. It’s interesting to see the other responses that show similar ways of processing doing things, with all the extra steps.

On boiling water: I am tempted to (but won’t) send in the photos I took of a the glowing bottom of a pot. Nothing in the pot but the glow. I guess it started out as water for coffee. The pot is almost melded to the electric burner. Actually the photos show two different pots, within a week of each other. I now have a rule that I cannot leave the kitchen if anything is cooking. I just have to remember not to wander off and forget the rule.

By: How to Boil Water the EASY Way - Ballastexistenz

How to Boil Water the EASY Way - Ballastexistenz — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:10:49 +0000

[…] and then being unable to make any of them. The following is a video that I based loosely on the How to make a phone call, in 70 easy steps post. Like that post, it’s meant to be funny but convey something real. (And since it’s […]

By: ballastexistenz

ballastexistenz — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:47:47 +0000

(searching for descriptions of ‘giving up trying’, and not finding any)

By: Theeobviousone

Theeobviousone — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:41:40 +0000

Sounds familiar, but is that a reason to give up trying?

By: stidmama

stidmama — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:31:56 +0000

Thank you for posting this. I have trouble making phone calls and sometimes can’t make any at all. Other times (especially for things like calling a doctor’s office, impersonal things) it’s a piece of cake. Sometimes I won’t even answer the phone if it rings.

And I do the whole thinking about it, getting halfway, putting it off… etc etc on a regular basis. I am not autistic, but I recognize how the “one simple thing” becomes a drawn-out, energy draining ordeal.

And by the way, I think most people, if they were to look honestly at their adolescent years, would find many embarrassing events and moments; things they did for reasons no longer comprehensible; things they did for what seemed to be good reasons… the beauty of maturing is that we can reinvent ourselves, learn new ways to cope, and move on.

By: k

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 01:30:22 +0000

Yes Amanda, the detour did lead to a very interesting discussion. It seems that many non-autistic persons are of the impression that a person with autism must surely have diminished intelligence. I personally think what bothers this —– person is that you are so intelligent – he/she probably feels threatened. One point I hope everyone gets from these discussions is that many of the so-called “legal” (prescription) drugs are as harmful (and capable of inducing bizarre behavior) as the illegal ones.

To —–: if you are going to war with Amanda in words, better reinforce your artillery – you have been found lacking.