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Hi, I quite miss Conscious Badger, I find it hard that she was quite a big contributor and then all of a sudden gone. I hope she is okay and well. Maybe a lot of us use the site while we are trying to find answers to our autism and then feel ready to move on.

I miss her too. She was really helpful and sweet, always had a good word for everyone who needed support. Yes I think you're right. I wonder if one day someone will mention us in a post if we have moved on as well? 

I find following threads when users have a name much easier. The computer generated NAS numbers can become confusing, I take things so literally that when I first joined I thought deleted user was actually a singular person, or am I just dense?  

Lol you're not alone! Every time I see deleted user I always think it was just someone's name 

That's interesting I've never heard of it before. I have dyslexia but no problems with numbers.

I am the same with things like reading out credit card numbers, it normally takes several attempts. It’s seems as if the numbers are moving because they are close together. I often write card numbers  down with large spaces in between, dyscalculia is a neurodiverse issue as is obviously autism, you don’t have to have all the different parts of dyscalculia to have it.  I’m dyslexic, I can read but can’t see how a word is formed to spell it. I just literally memorise everyday words and over the years have got better and obviously spell check was a god send. I’ve just read something that also calls dyscalculia, number dyslexia.

I've heard of that, thanks. But that also includes difficulties with calculations, I can do that though I don't enjoy it. What I really hate is having to enter long numbers, as I have to really concentrate and even then have been known to make an error. Like when having to put the long number on a bank card in to pay online. But it's worst on a phone - I literally have nightmares about that.

Yes, if there are two or three people in the same thread with generated numbers then it’s just a jumble, I think the word your looking for is dyscalculia.

I totally agree. I know some people on the spectrum love numbers, but I don't. I seem to have some kind of number dyslexia (dysnumbria? I expect there is a name for it but I don't know it and don't feel like googling it sorry) or even number blindness where my brain seems to want to just skip over numbers.

I also wondered about deleted user because that would be the sort of funny name I could imagine someone picking!

I totally agree. I know some people on the spectrum love numbers, but I don't. I seem to have some kind of number dyslexia (dysnumbria? I expect there is a name for it but I don't know it and don't feel like googling it sorry) or even number blindness where my brain seems to want to just skip over numbers.

I also wondered about deleted user because that would be the sort of funny name I could imagine someone picking!

That's interesting I've never heard of it before. I have dyslexia but no problems with numbers.

I am the same with things like reading out credit card numbers, it normally takes several attempts. It’s seems as if the numbers are moving because they are close together. I often write card numbers  down with large spaces in between, dyscalculia is a neurodiverse issue as is obviously autism, you don’t have to have all the different parts of dyscalculia to have it.  I’m dyslexic, I can read but can’t see how a word is formed to spell it. I just literally memorise everyday words and over the years have got better and obviously spell check was a god send. I’ve just read something that also calls dyscalculia, number dyslexia.

I've heard of that, thanks. But that also includes difficulties with calculations, I can do that though I don't enjoy it. What I really hate is having to enter long numbers, as I have to really concentrate and even then have been known to make an error. Like when having to put the long number on a bank card in to pay online. But it's worst on a phone - I literally have nightmares about that.

Yes, if there are two or three people in the same thread with generated numbers then it’s just a jumble, I think the word your looking for is dyscalculia.