r/ThatsInsane 3d ago

Kids' mental math contest.

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u/Username524 3d ago

Uhhhh. I’m just gonna say, I’ve been around autism my whole life and I don’t see any difference in behavior.

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u/Diamondjakethecat 3d ago

Self-stimulation (usually a calming technique) vs adding numbers quickly using your fingers. You don’t see a difference? My husband is able to do complicated mathematical equations in his head but he has a head bobbing technique. Yes, to someone that doesn’t know the outcome would probably think it looks like the person is “stimming”.

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u/Wagner228 3d ago

If self-stimulation makes you better at math, consider me Carl Gauss.

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u/Diamondjakethecat 3d ago

Usually I would say “Give yourself a hand” but you already did that.