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Hi Marie,

This is something I pointed out years (10?) ago as a benefit of being a late

talker. I hope one day it's researched and validated because with this

knowledge this can be used as I and many of us did to help our children excel in

school.

I just found the most recent message I put out about this and it was 11 months

ago when Lois posted her update. Below is the archive as well as Lois' update

again since that brought up the topic :)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~start of archive

....yes http://www.pursuitofresearch.org but it was originally meant for just the

parents as a fundraiser- what happened was far beyond that and I'm already

speaking with a few people as this will PROBABLY BE A MOVIE

And Lois back to your much deserved....CONGRATULATIONS!!! I believe in

Nutriiveda too!!!

And about the memory aspect -I have a bunch of this in the archives -literally

hundreds of messages about " phenomenal memory " in our children -below is a

compilation of a few of them!

No matter what the special need there are gifts given when things are taken

away. The gift given for speech impairments and delays typically is phenomenal

memory. Many actors are speech impaired to some extent- perhaps why they can

memorize those scripts better than most.

Tanner has always had the unusual memory like many of our kids do at preschool

age. For example -you tell your two year old late talker (delay or disordered)

that " no more cookies tonight. Tomorrow you can have another cookie " and

tomorrow morning that child wakes up and goes to the place you keep the cookies

and points. Or you drive someplace once and the next time you go there they

point out which way to go next on the road. Not the out of sight out of mind

short attention span most 2 year olds have.

There are a few reasons I feel this way -don't have time to go into all of them

now. But for one -most of us have found our children have these die hard

memories! Not a normal memory for a " normal " child -most kids you can get to

forget a point by bringing up something else that interests them -not many of

the children in this group! (of course you can never say " always " -just more

often than not. Just like the trouble blowing the nose thing that I first

brought up -this is yet another observation you will not read about in

books...yet) When Tanner learns his spelling words -he not only knows how to

spell even hard words -he tells me the word on the list (of ten each week) and

then spells it -like his memory is a picture he can just look at.

Perhaps -due to using a different pathway and developing such pathway -they have

an edge we don't yet understand. Or perhaps it's because while others their age

are able to babble and talk about anything that comes to mind that have to hold

each thought until they can figure out a way to communicate it to us especially

when it's something important to them. No matter where it comes from, keep in

mind that is one of the signs of a gifted student.

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My 2.5 year old with apraxia also has a very good memory, I always notice it

when we are driving.  My 8yr old with suspected dyslexia has an incredible

memory! 

We were driving a month or so ago and he saw an old blue pickup truck.  He said

" Remember when we went out to the country and went to the fair? We saw the truck

pull contest. That looks like the blue truck that won that year. It's a Ford

just like the one that won with the lady driving it. "   I couldn't remember but

it was getting to me the next day because I knew it had to be quite a few years

ago.  I found in his scrap book a photo of my son standing in front of the blue

truck that won the contest.  It was a Ford with a woman driving it. The date

was written on the page and he was 21 months old at the time.

From: kiddietalk <kiddietalk@...>

Subject: [ ] Re: unusual memory

Date: Sunday, March 13, 2011, 7:51 PM

Hi Marie,

This is something I pointed out years (10?) ago as a benefit of being a late

talker. I hope one day it's researched and validated because with this

knowledge this can be used as I and many of us did to help our children excel in

school.

I just found the most recent message I put out about this and it was 11 months

ago when Lois posted her update. Below is the archive as well as Lois' update

again since that brought up the topic :)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~start of archive

....yes http://www.pursuitofresearch.org but it was originally meant for just the

parents as a fundraiser- what happened was far beyond that and I'm already

speaking with a few people as this will PROBABLY BE A MOVIE

And Lois back to your much deserved....CONGRATULATIONS!!! I believe in

Nutriiveda too!!!

And about the memory aspect -I have a bunch of this in the archives -literally

hundreds of messages about " phenomenal memory " in our children -below is a

compilation of a few of them!

No matter what the special need there are gifts given when things are taken

away. The gift given for speech impairments and delays typically is phenomenal

memory. Many actors are speech impaired to some extent- perhaps why they can

memorize those scripts better than most.

Tanner has always had the unusual memory like many of our kids do at preschool

age. For example -you tell your two year old late talker (delay or disordered)

that " no more cookies tonight. Tomorrow you can have another cookie " and

tomorrow morning that child wakes up and goes to the place you keep the cookies

and points. Or you drive someplace once and the next time you go there they

point out which way to go next on the road. Not the out of sight out of mind

short attention span most 2 year olds have.

There are a few reasons I feel this way -don't have time to go into all of them

now. But for one -most of us have found our children have these die hard

memories! Not a normal memory for a " normal " child -most kids you can get to

forget a point by bringing up something else that interests them -not many of

the children in this group! (of course you can never say " always " -just more

often than not. Just like the trouble blowing the nose thing that I first

brought up -this is yet another observation you will not read about in

books...yet) When Tanner learns his spelling words -he not only knows how to

spell even hard words -he tells me the word on the list (of ten each week) and

then spells it -like his memory is a picture he can just look at.

Perhaps -due to using a different pathway and developing such pathway -they have

an edge we don't yet understand. Or perhaps it's because while others their age

are able to babble and talk about anything that comes to mind that have to hold

each thought until they can figure out a way to communicate it to us especially

when it's something important to them. No matter where it comes from, keep in

mind that is one of the signs of a gifted student.

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interesting fyi...my husband found an article on the developer/founder of

twitter. He had speech issues as a child (not sure if apraxia- knew what he

wanted to say, couldn't get it out). One thing mentioned in the article is that

he was incredible, even as a kid, at directions/maps- abnormally incredible- to

the point that this is what he worked on most in his work before twitter. my

husband found that very interesting after noticing this kind of stuff in our

son.

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From: kiddietalk <kiddietalk@...>

Sent: Sun, March 13, 2011 7:51:28 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: unusual memory

Hi Marie,

This is something I pointed out years (10?) ago as a benefit of being a late

talker. I hope one day it's researched and validated because with this

knowledge this can be used as I and many of us did to help our children excel in

school.

I just found the most recent message I put out about this and it was 11 months

ago when Lois posted her update. Below is the archive as well as Lois' update

again since that brought up the topic :)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~start of archive

....yes http://www.pursuitofresearch.org but it was originally meant for just the

parents as a fundraiser- what happened was far beyond that and I'm already

speaking with a few people as this will PROBABLY BE A MOVIE

And Lois back to your much deserved....CONGRATULATIONS!!! I believe in

Nutriiveda too!!!

And about the memory aspect -I have a bunch of this in the archives -literally

hundreds of messages about " phenomenal memory " in our children -below is a

compilation of a few of them!

No matter what the special need there are gifts given when things are taken

away. The gift given for speech impairments and delays typically is phenomenal

memory. Many actors are speech impaired to some extent- perhaps why they can

memorize those scripts better than most.

Tanner has always had the unusual memory like many of our kids do at preschool

age. For example -you tell your two year old late talker (delay or disordered)

that " no more cookies tonight. Tomorrow you can have another cookie " and

tomorrow morning that child wakes up and goes to the place you keep the cookies

and points. Or you drive someplace once and the next time you go there they

point out which way to go next on the road. Not the out of sight out of mind

short attention span most 2 year olds have.

There are a few reasons I feel this way -don't have time to go into all of them

now. But for one -most of us have found our children have these die hard

memories! Not a normal memory for a " normal " child -most kids you can get to

forget a point by bringing up something else that interests them -not many of

the children in this group! (of course you can never say " always " -just more

often than not. Just like the trouble blowing the nose thing that I first

brought up -this is yet another observation you will not read about in

books...yet) When Tanner learns his spelling words -he not only knows how to

spell even hard words -he tells me the word on the list (of ten each week) and

then spells it -like his memory is a picture he can just look at.

Perhaps -due to using a different pathway and developing such pathway -they have

an edge we don't yet understand. Or perhaps it's because while others their age

are able to babble and talk about anything that comes to mind that have to hold

each thought until they can figure out a way to communicate it to us especially

when it's something important to them. No matter where it comes from, keep in

mind that is one of the signs of a gifted student.

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hi,

this kind of memory for roads ,maps i have seen in my daughter..but thought

she is simply very keen observer.(my 3 year old is PDD_NOS with apraxia)

..though she is non verbal ,clearly knows every small lane, cross, turns we

take to her school,therapies.if its a new road ,she taps the driver while

coming back to take appropriate directions,if we turn wrong just to annoy

her,she starts crying and keeps showing the right direction.me n my husband

forget sometime,how we came but never my daughter.

dont know how can she remember it so far never failing...i guess these kids

have brains which works beyond the realm of present science.

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 7:22 PM, marie drury <marie_drury@...> wrote:

>

>

> interesting fyi...my husband found an article on the developer/founder of

> twitter. He had speech issues as a child (not sure if apraxia- knew what he

>

> wanted to say, couldn't get it out). One thing mentioned in the article is

> that

> he was incredible, even as a kid, at directions/maps- abnormally

> incredible- to

> the point that this is what he worked on most in his work before twitter.

> my

> husband found that very interesting after noticing this kind of stuff in

> our

> son.

>

> ________________________________

>

> From: kiddietalk <kiddietalk@...>

>

> Sent: Sun, March 13, 2011 7:51:28 PM

>

> Subject: [ ] Re: unusual memory

>

> Hi Marie,

>

> This is something I pointed out years (10?) ago as a benefit of being a

> late

> talker. I hope one day it's researched and validated because with this

> knowledge this can be used as I and many of us did to help our children

> excel in

> school.

>

> I just found the most recent message I put out about this and it was 11

> months

> ago when Lois posted her update. Below is the archive as well as Lois'

> update

> again since that brought up the topic :)

>

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~start of archive

>

> ...yes http://www.pursuitofresearch.org but it was originally meant for

> just the

> parents as a fundraiser- what happened was far beyond that and I'm already

> speaking with a few people as this will PROBABLY BE A MOVIE

>

> And Lois back to your much deserved....CONGRATULATIONS!!! I believe in

> Nutriiveda too!!!

>

> And about the memory aspect -I have a bunch of this in the archives

> -literally

> hundreds of messages about " phenomenal memory " in our children -below is a

> compilation of a few of them!

>

> No matter what the special need there are gifts given when things are taken

>

> away. The gift given for speech impairments and delays typically is

> phenomenal

> memory. Many actors are speech impaired to some extent- perhaps why they

> can

> memorize those scripts better than most.

>

> Tanner has always had the unusual memory like many of our kids do at

> preschool

> age. For example -you tell your two year old late talker (delay or

> disordered)

> that " no more cookies tonight. Tomorrow you can have another cookie " and

> tomorrow morning that child wakes up and goes to the place you keep the

> cookies

> and points. Or you drive someplace once and the next time you go there they

>

> point out which way to go next on the road. Not the out of sight out of

> mind

> short attention span most 2 year olds have.

>

> There are a few reasons I feel this way -don't have time to go into all of

> them

> now. But for one -most of us have found our children have these die hard

> memories! Not a normal memory for a " normal " child -most kids you can get

> to

> forget a point by bringing up something else that interests them -not many

> of

> the children in this group! (of course you can never say " always " -just

> more

> often than not. Just like the trouble blowing the nose thing that I first

> brought up -this is yet another observation you will not read about in

> books...yet) When Tanner learns his spelling words -he not only knows how

> to

> spell even hard words -he tells me the word on the list (of ten each week)

> and

> then spells it -like his memory is a picture he can just look at.

>

> Perhaps -due to using a different pathway and developing such pathway -they

> have

> an edge we don't yet understand. Or perhaps it's because while others their

> age

> are able to babble and talk about anything that comes to mind that have to

> hold

> each thought until they can figure out a way to communicate it to us

> especially

> when it's something important to them. No matter where it comes from, keep

> in

> mind that is one of the signs of a gifted student.

>

> =====

>

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Oh my gosh....this brings back memories of when my son was little and absolutely

HATED going to home depot. We tried taking every back road and detour to no

avail, he knew where we were and would completely melt down.

Sometimes even now, we'll drive around to see if he knows where he is and sure

enough he does!

>

> >

> >

> > interesting fyi...my husband found an article on the developer/founder of

> > twitter. He had speech issues as a child (not sure if apraxia- knew what he

> >

> > wanted to say, couldn't get it out). One thing mentioned in the article is

> > that

> > he was incredible, even as a kid, at directions/maps- abnormally

> > incredible- to

> > the point that this is what he worked on most in his work before twitter.

> > my

> > husband found that very interesting after noticing this kind of stuff in

> > our

> > son.

> >

> > ________________________________

> >

> > From: kiddietalk <kiddietalk@...>

> >

> > Sent: Sun, March 13, 2011 7:51:28 PM

> >

> > Subject: [ ] Re: unusual memory

> >

> > Hi Marie,

> >

> > This is something I pointed out years (10?) ago as a benefit of being a

> > late

> > talker. I hope one day it's researched and validated because with this

> > knowledge this can be used as I and many of us did to help our children

> > excel in

> > school.

> >

> > I just found the most recent message I put out about this and it was 11

> > months

> > ago when Lois posted her update. Below is the archive as well as Lois'

> > update

> > again since that brought up the topic :)

> >

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~start of archive

> >

> > ...yes http://www.pursuitofresearch.org but it was originally meant for

> > just the

> > parents as a fundraiser- what happened was far beyond that and I'm already

> > speaking with a few people as this will PROBABLY BE A MOVIE

> >

> > And Lois back to your much deserved....CONGRATULATIONS!!! I believe in

> > Nutriiveda too!!!

> >

> > And about the memory aspect -I have a bunch of this in the archives

> > -literally

> > hundreds of messages about " phenomenal memory " in our children -below is a

> > compilation of a few of them!

> >

> > No matter what the special need there are gifts given when things are taken

> >

> > away. The gift given for speech impairments and delays typically is

> > phenomenal

> > memory. Many actors are speech impaired to some extent- perhaps why they

> > can

> > memorize those scripts better than most.

> >

> > Tanner has always had the unusual memory like many of our kids do at

> > preschool

> > age. For example -you tell your two year old late talker (delay or

> > disordered)

> > that " no more cookies tonight. Tomorrow you can have another cookie " and

> > tomorrow morning that child wakes up and goes to the place you keep the

> > cookies

> > and points. Or you drive someplace once and the next time you go there they

> >

> > point out which way to go next on the road. Not the out of sight out of

> > mind

> > short attention span most 2 year olds have.

> >

> > There are a few reasons I feel this way -don't have time to go into all of

> > them

> > now. But for one -most of us have found our children have these die hard

> > memories! Not a normal memory for a " normal " child -most kids you can get

> > to

> > forget a point by bringing up something else that interests them -not many

> > of

> > the children in this group! (of course you can never say " always " -just

> > more

> > often than not. Just like the trouble blowing the nose thing that I first

> > brought up -this is yet another observation you will not read about in

> > books...yet) When Tanner learns his spelling words -he not only knows how

> > to

> > spell even hard words -he tells me the word on the list (of ten each week)

> > and

> > then spells it -like his memory is a picture he can just look at.

> >

> > Perhaps -due to using a different pathway and developing such pathway -they

> > have

> > an edge we don't yet understand. Or perhaps it's because while others their

> > age

> > are able to babble and talk about anything that comes to mind that have to

> > hold

> > each thought until they can figure out a way to communicate it to us

> > especially

> > when it's something important to them. No matter where it comes from, keep

> > in

> > mind that is one of the signs of a gifted student.

> >

> > =====

> >

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Both my kids with apraxia had off the charts memories. One memorized the

entire " Following Directions " card deck (the directions and the tiny number

in the corner) after playing with it a couple of times. My theory is that

since apraxic kids can't access and retrieve words in a typical manner,

their brains try to " memorize " everything in compensation. That same kid is

now great and no longer needs speech -- and her memory is now more typical.

Her twin is still severely apraxic and will likely be getting therapy for

several more years. At five she memorized all the state capitals (from a

puzzle), and now you can tell her the capital and she'll tell you the

state... weird apraxia memory thing...

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 2:34 AM, pallavi rao <palisr@...> wrote:

>

>

> hi,

>

> this kind of memory for roads ,maps i have seen in my daughter..but thought

> she is simply very keen observer.(my 3 year old is PDD_NOS with apraxia)

> .though she is non verbal ,clearly knows every small lane, cross, turns we

> take to her school,therapies.if its a new road ,she taps the driver while

> coming back to take appropriate directions,if we turn wrong just to annoy

> her,she starts crying and keeps showing the right direction.me n my

> husband

> forget sometime,how we came but never my daughter.

> dont know how can she remember it so far never failing...i guess these kids

> have brains which works beyond the realm of present science.

>

>

> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 7:22 PM, marie drury <marie_drury@...>

> wrote:

>

> >

> >

> > interesting fyi...my husband found an article on the developer/founder of

> > twitter. He had speech issues as a child (not sure if apraxia- knew what

> he

> >

> > wanted to say, couldn't get it out). One thing mentioned in the article

> is

> > that

> > he was incredible, even as a kid, at directions/maps- abnormally

> > incredible- to

> > the point that this is what he worked on most in his work before twitter.

> > my

> > husband found that very interesting after noticing this kind of stuff in

> > our

> > son.

> >

> > ________________________________

> >

> > From: kiddietalk <kiddietalk@...>

> >

> > Sent: Sun, March 13, 2011 7:51:28 PM

> >

> > Subject: [ ] Re: unusual memory

> >

> > Hi Marie,

> >

> > This is something I pointed out years (10?) ago as a benefit of being a

> > late

> > talker. I hope one day it's researched and validated because with this

> > knowledge this can be used as I and many of us did to help our children

> > excel in

> > school.

> >

> > I just found the most recent message I put out about this and it was 11

> > months

> > ago when Lois posted her update. Below is the archive as well as Lois'

> > update

> > again since that brought up the topic :)

> >

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~start of archive

> >

> > ...yes http://www.pursuitofresearch.org but it was originally meant for

> > just the

> > parents as a fundraiser- what happened was far beyond that and I'm

> already

> > speaking with a few people as this will PROBABLY BE A MOVIE

> >

> > And Lois back to your much deserved....CONGRATULATIONS!!! I believe in

> > Nutriiveda too!!!

> >

> > And about the memory aspect -I have a bunch of this in the archives

> > -literally

> > hundreds of messages about " phenomenal memory " in our children -below is

> a

> > compilation of a few of them!

> >

> > No matter what the special need there are gifts given when things are

> taken

> >

> > away. The gift given for speech impairments and delays typically is

> > phenomenal

> > memory. Many actors are speech impaired to some extent- perhaps why they

> > can

> > memorize those scripts better than most.

> >

> > Tanner has always had the unusual memory like many of our kids do at

> > preschool

> > age. For example -you tell your two year old late talker (delay or

> > disordered)

> > that " no more cookies tonight. Tomorrow you can have another cookie " and

> > tomorrow morning that child wakes up and goes to the place you keep the

> > cookies

> > and points. Or you drive someplace once and the next time you go there

> they

> >

> > point out which way to go next on the road. Not the out of sight out of

> > mind

> > short attention span most 2 year olds have.

> >

> > There are a few reasons I feel this way -don't have time to go into all

> of

> > them

> > now. But for one -most of us have found our children have these die hard

> > memories! Not a normal memory for a " normal " child -most kids you can get

> > to

> > forget a point by bringing up something else that interests them -not

> many

> > of

> > the children in this group! (of course you can never say " always " -just

> > more

> > often than not. Just like the trouble blowing the nose thing that I first

> > brought up -this is yet another observation you will not read about in

> > books...yet) When Tanner learns his spelling words -he not only knows how

> > to

> > spell even hard words -he tells me the word on the list (of ten each

> week)

> > and

> > then spells it -like his memory is a picture he can just look at.

> >

> > Perhaps -due to using a different pathway and developing such pathway

> -they

> > have

> > an edge we don't yet understand. Or perhaps it's because while others

> their

> > age

> > are able to babble and talk about anything that comes to mind that have

> to

> > hold

> > each thought until they can figure out a way to communicate it to us

> > especially

> > when it's something important to them. No matter where it comes from,

> keep

> > in

> > mind that is one of the signs of a gifted student.

> >

> > =====

> >

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Unusually strong memory for my son too, he always had that even before fish oils

and nv. We used to go for therapy at a hospital near us before he was diagnosed

with apraxia. Even though he was only 2 years old I always followed my son to

his therapy room because after the first day of therapy he somehow knew how to

get back to his therapy room even when I thought we were lost. Looks like we

may have a group of future entrepreneurs! Kate

>

> interesting fyi...my husband found an article on the developer/founder of

> twitter. He had speech issues as a child (not sure if apraxia- knew what he

> wanted to say, couldn't get it out). One thing mentioned in the article is

that

> he was incredible, even as a kid, at directions/maps- abnormally incredible-

to

> the point that this is what he worked on most in his work before twitter. my

> husband found that very interesting after noticing this kind of stuff in our

> son.

>

>

>

>

>

> ________________________________

> From: kiddietalk <kiddietalk@...>

>

> Sent: Sun, March 13, 2011 7:51:28 PM

> Subject: [ ] Re: unusual memory

>

>

> Hi Marie,

>

> This is something I pointed out years (10?) ago as a benefit of being a late

> talker. I hope one day it's researched and validated because with this

> knowledge this can be used as I and many of us did to help our children excel

in

> school.

>

> I just found the most recent message I put out about this and it was 11 months

> ago when Lois posted her update. Below is the archive as well as Lois' update

> again since that brought up the topic :)

>

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~start of archive

>

> ...yes http://www.pursuitofresearch.org but it was originally meant for just

the

> parents as a fundraiser- what happened was far beyond that and I'm already

> speaking with a few people as this will PROBABLY BE A MOVIE

>

>

> And Lois back to your much deserved....CONGRATULATIONS!!! I believe in

> Nutriiveda too!!!

>

> And about the memory aspect -I have a bunch of this in the archives -literally

> hundreds of messages about " phenomenal memory " in our children -below is a

> compilation of a few of them!

>

> No matter what the special need there are gifts given when things are taken

> away. The gift given for speech impairments and delays typically is phenomenal

> memory. Many actors are speech impaired to some extent- perhaps why they can

> memorize those scripts better than most.

>

> Tanner has always had the unusual memory like many of our kids do at preschool

> age. For example -you tell your two year old late talker (delay or disordered)

> that " no more cookies tonight. Tomorrow you can have another cookie " and

> tomorrow morning that child wakes up and goes to the place you keep the

cookies

> and points. Or you drive someplace once and the next time you go there they

> point out which way to go next on the road. Not the out of sight out of mind

> short attention span most 2 year olds have.

>

> There are a few reasons I feel this way -don't have time to go into all of

them

> now. But for one -most of us have found our children have these die hard

> memories! Not a normal memory for a " normal " child -most kids you can get to

> forget a point by bringing up something else that interests them -not many of

> the children in this group! (of course you can never say " always " -just more

> often than not. Just like the trouble blowing the nose thing that I first

> brought up -this is yet another observation you will not read about in

> books...yet) When Tanner learns his spelling words -he not only knows how to

> spell even hard words -he tells me the word on the list (of ten each week) and

> then spells it -like his memory is a picture he can just look at.

>

> Perhaps -due to using a different pathway and developing such pathway -they

have

> an edge we don't yet understand. Or perhaps it's because while others their

age

> are able to babble and talk about anything that comes to mind that have to

hold

> each thought until they can figure out a way to communicate it to us

especially

> when it's something important to them. No matter where it comes from, keep in

> mind that is one of the signs of a gifted student.

>

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That's so interesting that you say that because my son (diagnosed with apraxia)

has an incredible memory. I guess there is a correlation

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On Mar 16, 2011, at 11:55 AM, " mykitkate " <mykitkate@...> wrote:

> Unusually strong memory for my son too, he always had that even before fish

oils and nv. We used to go for therapy at a hospital near us before he was

diagnosed with apraxia. Even though he was only 2 years old I always followed my

son to his therapy room because after the first day of therapy he somehow knew

how to get back to his therapy room even when I thought we were lost. Looks like

we may have a group of future entrepreneurs! Kate

>

>

> >

> > interesting fyi...my husband found an article on the developer/founder of

> > twitter. He had speech issues as a child (not sure if apraxia- knew what he

> > wanted to say, couldn't get it out). One thing mentioned in the article is

that

> > he was incredible, even as a kid, at directions/maps- abnormally incredible-

to

> > the point that this is what he worked on most in his work before twitter. my

> > husband found that very interesting after noticing this kind of stuff in our

> > son.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > ________________________________

> > From: kiddietalk <kiddietalk@...>

> >

> > Sent: Sun, March 13, 2011 7:51:28 PM

> > Subject: [ ] Re: unusual memory

> >

> >

> > Hi Marie,

> >

> > This is something I pointed out years (10?) ago as a benefit of being a late

> > talker. I hope one day it's researched and validated because with this

> > knowledge this can be used as I and many of us did to help our children

excel in

> > school.

> >

> > I just found the most recent message I put out about this and it was 11

months

> > ago when Lois posted her update. Below is the archive as well as Lois'

update

> > again since that brought up the topic :)

> >

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~start of archive

> >

> > ...yes http://www.pursuitofresearch.org but it was originally meant for just

the

> > parents as a fundraiser- what happened was far beyond that and I'm already

> > speaking with a few people as this will PROBABLY BE A MOVIE

> >

> >

> > And Lois back to your much deserved....CONGRATULATIONS!!! I believe in

> > Nutriiveda too!!!

> >

> > And about the memory aspect -I have a bunch of this in the archives

-literally

> > hundreds of messages about " phenomenal memory " in our children -below is a

> > compilation of a few of them!

> >

> > No matter what the special need there are gifts given when things are taken

> > away. The gift given for speech impairments and delays typically is

phenomenal

> > memory. Many actors are speech impaired to some extent- perhaps why they can

> > memorize those scripts better than most.

> >

> > Tanner has always had the unusual memory like many of our kids do at

preschool

> > age. For example -you tell your two year old late talker (delay or

disordered)

> > that " no more cookies tonight. Tomorrow you can have another cookie " and

> > tomorrow morning that child wakes up and goes to the place you keep the

cookies

> > and points. Or you drive someplace once and the next time you go there they

> > point out which way to go next on the road. Not the out of sight out of mind

> > short attention span most 2 year olds have.

> >

> > There are a few reasons I feel this way -don't have time to go into all of

them

> > now. But for one -most of us have found our children have these die hard

> > memories! Not a normal memory for a " normal " child -most kids you can get to

> > forget a point by bringing up something else that interests them -not many

of

> > the children in this group! (of course you can never say " always " -just more

> > often than not. Just like the trouble blowing the nose thing that I first

> > brought up -this is yet another observation you will not read about in

> > books...yet) When Tanner learns his spelling words -he not only knows how to

> > spell even hard words -he tells me the word on the list (of ten each week)

and

> > then spells it -like his memory is a picture he can just look at.

> >

> > Perhaps -due to using a different pathway and developing such pathway -they

have

> > an edge we don't yet understand. Or perhaps it's because while others their

age

> > are able to babble and talk about anything that comes to mind that have to

hold

> > each thought until they can figure out a way to communicate it to us

especially

> > when it's something important to them. No matter where it comes from, keep

in

> > mind that is one of the signs of a gifted student.

> >

> > =====

> >

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My son who is 11 and has a dual diagnosis of Apraxia and Autism has an amazing

memory for every street, exit ramp and freeway system we have ever travelled

on--it is like being with a human GPS system. I never worry about not finding

my car as even when he was 5 or 6 I would say " lets go find Mama's car and off

he went " This is not genetic I assure you as I get lost driving at least

weekly and it never ceases to amuse my son to no end when he sees I take a

wrong turn and reminds me of it immediately......LOL!

> > >

> > > interesting fyi...my husband found an article on the developer/founder of

> > > twitter. He had speech issues as a child (not sure if apraxia- knew what

he

> > > wanted to say, couldn't get it out). One thing mentioned in the article is

that

> > > he was incredible, even as a kid, at directions/maps- abnormally

incredible- to

> > > the point that this is what he worked on most in his work before twitter.

my

> > > husband found that very interesting after noticing this kind of stuff in

our

> > > son.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > ________________________________

> > > From: kiddietalk <kiddietalk@>

> > >

> > > Sent: Sun, March 13, 2011 7:51:28 PM

> > > Subject: [ ] Re: unusual memory

> > >

> > >

> > > Hi Marie,

> > >

> > > This is something I pointed out years (10?) ago as a benefit of being a

late

> > > talker. I hope one day it's researched and validated because with this

> > > knowledge this can be used as I and many of us did to help our children

excel in

> > > school.

> > >

> > > I just found the most recent message I put out about this and it was 11

months

> > > ago when Lois posted her update. Below is the archive as well as Lois'

update

> > > again since that brought up the topic :)

> > >

> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~start of archive

> > >

> > > ...yes http://www.pursuitofresearch.org but it was originally meant for

just the

> > > parents as a fundraiser- what happened was far beyond that and I'm already

> > > speaking with a few people as this will PROBABLY BE A MOVIE

> > >

> > >

> > > And Lois back to your much deserved....CONGRATULATIONS!!! I believe in

> > > Nutriiveda too!!!

> > >

> > > And about the memory aspect -I have a bunch of this in the archives

-literally

> > > hundreds of messages about " phenomenal memory " in our children -below is a

> > > compilation of a few of them!

> > >

> > > No matter what the special need there are gifts given when things are

taken

> > > away. The gift given for speech impairments and delays typically is

phenomenal

> > > memory. Many actors are speech impaired to some extent- perhaps why they

can

> > > memorize those scripts better than most.

> > >

> > > Tanner has always had the unusual memory like many of our kids do at

preschool

> > > age. For example -you tell your two year old late talker (delay or

disordered)

> > > that " no more cookies tonight. Tomorrow you can have another cookie " and

> > > tomorrow morning that child wakes up and goes to the place you keep the

cookies

> > > and points. Or you drive someplace once and the next time you go there

they

> > > point out which way to go next on the road. Not the out of sight out of

mind

> > > short attention span most 2 year olds have.

> > >

> > > There are a few reasons I feel this way -don't have time to go into all of

them

> > > now. But for one -most of us have found our children have these die hard

> > > memories! Not a normal memory for a " normal " child -most kids you can get

to

> > > forget a point by bringing up something else that interests them -not many

of

> > > the children in this group! (of course you can never say " always " -just

more

> > > often than not. Just like the trouble blowing the nose thing that I first

> > > brought up -this is yet another observation you will not read about in

> > > books...yet) When Tanner learns his spelling words -he not only knows how

to

> > > spell even hard words -he tells me the word on the list (of ten each week)

and

> > > then spells it -like his memory is a picture he can just look at.

> > >

> > > Perhaps -due to using a different pathway and developing such pathway

-they have

> > > an edge we don't yet understand. Or perhaps it's because while others

their age

> > > are able to babble and talk about anything that comes to mind that have to

hold

> > > each thought until they can figure out a way to communicate it to us

especially

> > > when it's something important to them. No matter where it comes from, keep

in

> > > mind that is one of the signs of a gifted student.

> > >

> > > =====

> > >

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I just had to chime in on this - Josh also has an amazing memory.  He is seeing

a psychologist for various reasons and he always relates current things to

things that happened even when he was 2 years old (he's almost 13).  And, like

others here, he knows the way to everywhere!  His long term memory is

incredible.  Short term not so much, but long term memory is amazing.

 

Sherry and Josh

From: gabriele lawrence <windsweptt@...>

Subject: [ ] Re: unusual memory

Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2011, 5:11 PM

My son who is 11 and has a dual diagnosis of Apraxia and Autism has an amazing

memory for every street, exit ramp and freeway system we have ever travelled

on--it is like being with a human GPS system. I never worry about not finding

my car as even when he was 5 or 6 I would say " lets go find Mama's car and off

he went " This is not genetic I assure you as I get lost driving at least

weekly and it never ceases to amuse my son to no end when he sees I take a

wrong turn and reminds me of it immediately......LOL!

> > >

> > > interesting fyi...my husband found an article on the developer/founder of

> > > twitter. He had speech issues as a child (not sure if apraxia- knew what

he

> > > wanted to say, couldn't get it out). One thing mentioned in the article is

that

> > > he was incredible, even as a kid, at directions/maps- abnormally

incredible- to

> > > the point that this is what he worked on most in his work before twitter.

my

> > > husband found that very interesting after noticing this kind of stuff in

our

> > > son.

> > >

> > > ________________________________

> > > From: kiddietalk <kiddietalk@>

> > >

> > > Sent: Sun, March 13, 2011 7:51:28 PM

> > > Subject: [ ] Re: unusual memory

> > >

> > >

> > > Hi Marie,

> > >

> > > This is something I pointed out years (10?) ago as a benefit of being a

late

> > > talker. I hope one day it's researched and validated because with this

> > > knowledge this can be used as I and many of us did to help our children

excel in

> > > school.

> > >

> > > I just found the most recent message I put out about this and it was 11

months

> > > ago when Lois posted her update. Below is the archive as well as Lois'

update

> > > again since that brought up the topic :)

> > >

> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~start of archive

> > >

> > > ...yes http://www.pursuitofresearch.org but it was originally meant for

just the

> > > parents as a fundraiser- what happened was far beyond that and I'm already

> > > speaking with a few people as this will PROBABLY BE A MOVIE

> > >

> > >

> > > And Lois back to your much deserved....CONGRATULATIONS!!! I believe in

> > > Nutriiveda too!!!

> > >

> > > And about the memory aspect -I have a bunch of this in the archives

-literally

> > > hundreds of messages about " phenomenal memory " in our children -below is a

> > > compilation of a few of them!

> > >

> > > No matter what the special need there are gifts given when things are

taken

> > > away. The gift given for speech impairments and delays typically is

phenomenal

> > > memory. Many actors are speech impaired to some extent- perhaps why they

can

> > > memorize those scripts better than most.

> > >

> > > Tanner has always had the unusual memory like many of our kids do at

preschool

> > > age. For example -you tell your two year old late talker (delay or

disordered)

> > > that " no more cookies tonight. Tomorrow you can have another cookie " and

> > > tomorrow morning that child wakes up and goes to the place you keep the

cookies

> > > and points. Or you drive someplace once and the next time you go there

they

> > > point out which way to go next on the road. Not the out of sight out of

mind

> > > short attention span most 2 year olds have.

> > >

> > > There are a few reasons I feel this way -don't have time to go into all of

them

> > > now. But for one -most of us have found our children have these die hard

> > > memories! Not a normal memory for a " normal " child -most kids you can get

to

> > > forget a point by bringing up something else that interests them -not many

of

> > > the children in this group! (of course you can never say " always " -just

more

> > > often than not. Just like the trouble blowing the nose thing that I first

> > > brought up -this is yet another observation you will not read about in

> > > books...yet) When Tanner learns his spelling words -he not only knows how

to

> > > spell even hard words -he tells me the word on the list (of ten each week)

and

> > > then spells it -like his memory is a picture he can just look at.

> > >

> > > Perhaps -due to using a different pathway and developing such pathway

-they have

> > > an edge we don't yet understand. Or perhaps it's because while others

their age

> > > are able to babble and talk about anything that comes to mind that have to

hold

> > > each thought until they can figure out a way to communicate it to us

especially

> > > when it's something important to them. No matter where it comes from, keep

in

> > > mind that is one of the signs of a gifted student.

> > >

> > > =====

> > >

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I just checked the archives and have below the first messages here about memory-

and how I consider this to be a gift. I find it funny at times to go back and

read what I or others write in the past -sometimes we speculate about things

that end up being the direction we are in...like below when I speculate about

nutrition needing to be explored more for answers for our children prior to all

the science I've now found to support this that I have on

http://www.pursuitofresearch.org ! Amazing

Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:03 pm

He's always had the unusual memory..even long before EFAs or zinc, like many

of our kids do at preschool age. For example -you tell your two

year old late talker (delay or disordered) that " no more cookies

tonight. Tomorrow you can have another cookie " and tomorrow

morning that child wakes up and goes to the place you keep the

cookies and points. Or you drive someplace once and the next time

you go there they point out which way to go next on the road. Not

the out of sight out of mind short attention span most 2 year olds

have.

I do know there are strong nutritional links to helping our

children. And nutritional links should also be included more in

studies as to why the increase in various conditions.

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>

> I just checked the archives and have below the first messages here about

memory- and how I consider this to be a gift. I find it funny at times to go

back and read what I or others write in the past -sometimes we speculate about

things that end up being the direction we are in...like below when I speculate

about nutrition needing to be explored more for answers for our children prior

to all the science I've now found to support this that I have on

http://www.pursuitofresearch.org ! Amazing

>

> Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:03 pm

>

> He's always had the unusual memory..even long before EFAs or zinc, like many

> of our kids do at preschool age. For example -you tell your two

> year old late talker (delay or disordered) that " no more cookies

> tonight. Tomorrow you can have another cookie " and tomorrow

> morning that child wakes up and goes to the place you keep the

> cookies and points. Or you drive someplace once and the next time

> you go there they point out which way to go next on the road. Not

> the out of sight out of mind short attention span most 2 year olds

> have.

>

> I do know there are strong nutritional links to helping our

> children. And nutritional links should also be included more in

> studies as to why the increase in various conditions.

>

> =====

>

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