Chess and Medical Conditions

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   Maybe its a medical condition.?https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/credit-card-number                                                               

Heh.

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Watch out for that delivery charge!

I know this thread has gotten waaay off-topic, but I thought I'd add my input as someone with an actual ASD diagnosis. I love chess, but I'm not the greatest at it. I think chess ability is significantly related to visual-spatial ability, and I actually have disabilities when it comes to that field (I learned the rules of chess by memorizing them, I still struggle with chess coordinates, openings, and other visual aspects of chess). It is true that some people with autism are gifted in terms of visual-spatial abilities (Temple Grandin has some great research on the different types of thinking in autistic people, you can see it in this link here: https://depts.washington.edu/rablab/2018/03/28/temple-grandin-different-kinds-of-minds/), but not all, so the answer to the OP's questions is, yes in some cases, but not others. I should also point out that there are plenty of non-autistic people who are visually-spatially gifted (my dad, for example, he's an architect and has always been good at things like organizing dishes in the dishwasher, geometry, drawing, etc.). I also wanted to address the point that many people think that because someone has a disability, they must have a strong ability or vice versa. Though a lot of people love to think that way, there are plenty of incredibly gifted people without any disabilities, and people with disabilities who aren't gifted. The misconception that someone's abilities must "balance" their disabilities probably comes from savant syndrome and its relation to autism, which is actually quite rare (as much as Rain Man, The Accountant, and The Good Doctor would have you believe every autistic person is a savant). It is true that with autism you either tend to be really good (for example, I have a very high vocabulary) or really bad (I can't sing worth my life) at many niche abilities, but overall disabilities are usually present in autism and that is what warrants a diagnosis.  

Many members of my family ae autistic but only my sister has the savant syndrome. Despite her autism , severe learning difficulties with only 10% sight and hearing she has a phenomenal memory. She never forgets a name or the name of a person's family or pet. Her  memory of Man U and England players dates back to the early 60s. She is also good at other sports.

I know there is a correlation between playing chess and hypertension, insomnia, heartburn, etc. At least, there is in my case.

I have insomnia but none of the others.

https://londonchessconference.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Chess-and-Autism_-A-Bridge-between-two-Worlds.pdf

oh welp llama got muted

  That's a good pdf..... its 44 pages.

  "welp llama got muted".          Wrong thread.

Right thread.

    Oh!........ your right.....this IS the thread where llama was arguing/insulting.  I just woke up,....I need my coffee.  Take up llama's mute over HERE.....https://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/chess-com-censorship-is-it-going-too-far-60413783?newCommentCount=13&page=23   

Save that for when you're sober and alert, when you really need it.

    You know, you had a choice. You could of ignored him.....you could of walked away.......or you could of blocked him, but no, you had to pick on a drunk. Proud of yourself now?   Are you the same way with homeless Veterans.?