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"Numbers have colors, mom."

By muchagecko (Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:11:41 AM EST) (all tags)

He said to me last night.

I've known that my son was a math wiz for a while. I think I posted about his being Student of the Trimester and impressing his teacher with his understanding of math.

Last night as we were driving to occupational therapy he says "I like thirty-eight. The '3' is blue and the '8' is red".

He loves numbers and we talk about the ones he likes and the different colors each number has.

Does he have synaesthesia?

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We are not medical professionals by Merekat (2.00 / 0) #1 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:15:58 AM EST

But he seems to be separating the concepts clearly, rather than experiencing one as another.

From what I've read by muchagecko (2.00 / 0) #4 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:33:23 AM EST

"In one common form of synesthesia, known as grapheme → color synesthesia, letters or numbers are perceived as inherently colored" not that one is experienced as another.

Of course I'll be talking to his OT and therapist about it. He's undergoing the detailed Aspergers diagnosis now.

"It means more if you have to earn it, even if it's by doing something as simple as eating a meal." Kellnerin
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don't assume it is a problem by Merekat (4.00 / 1) #7 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:40:24 AM EST

I spent a number of years of my childhood convinced that numbers had specific shapes made out of dots. I still do simple single-digit addition that way - combine the dots, recognise and identify the new shape as the answer.

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I actually delight in his unique by muchagecko (2.00 / 0) #9 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:52:03 AM EST

perspective. He's got a different POV about everything and I appreciate how it expands my understanding of things.

"It means more if you have to earn it, even if it's by doing something as simple as eating a meal." Kellnerin
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i'm probably way out of line by Merekat (4.00 / 2) #10 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:53:41 AM EST

But if you do appreciate his unique perspective, why are you trying so hard to stick a known label on it?

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: The diagnosis is for the school. by muchagecko (4.00 / 3) #12 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:57:38 AM EST

Without a label, the school would gladly focus on his negative behavior and label him difficult. With a diagnosis, the school is legally forced to accommodate him.

"It means more if you have to earn it, even if it's by doing something as simple as eating a meal." Kellnerin
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: Because she's a bad mother. by chuckles (2.00 / 0) #18 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 12:52:56 PM EST

I kid! I kid!
Skateboarding is a crime.

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Sounds more like he's Bogarting on you by Rogerborg (4.00 / 6) #2 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:16:35 AM EST

Tell him that while he's under your roof, he needs to start sharing his stash.

Oh... oh, sorry... that was pure reflex. I thought I could stop with a diary, maybe a few leers at webby, but it's like the subject box is in control of me.

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: Welcome to blogaholics anonymous by wiredog (4.00 / 4) #3 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:22:12 AM EST

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The second is admitting that you really don't give a damn.

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: After such a prolonged abstinence, by muchagecko (4.00 / 3) #11 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:55:47 AM EST

the built-up tension was bound to flood this place.
I keep trying to say "maham num drool heh" but it keeps coming out wrong.

"It means more if you have to earn it, even if it's by doing something as simple as eating a meal." Kellnerin
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Actually colors have numbers by georgeha (4.00 / 4) #5 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:39:18 AM EST

3 or 4 depending if you're working in rgb or cmyk, but I'm sure you know that.

: Sometimes less. by muchagecko (4.00 / 1) #15 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 12:12:04 PM EST

We sometimes just say '100K' or "100M' if the other values are 0.

"It means more if you have to earn it, even if it's by doing something as simple as eating a meal." Kellnerin
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Given my extensive knowledge by TPD (4.00 / 2) #6 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:39:22 AM EST

a half remembered documentary from a few years back..... I'd say maybe :)

either way it's good that he has the 1337 maths skills. :)

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: We have a lot of fun with math. by muchagecko (4.00 / 2) #13 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 12:08:47 PM EST

It's one of those things I need to remember to talk about when he's on the verge of a tantrum, because numbers are so soothing to the boy.
Thanks.

"It means more if you have to earn it, even if it's by doing something as simple as eating a meal." Kellnerin
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Do they have by R Mutt (4.00 / 2) #8 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:43:09 AM EST

Plastic numbers of some kind at school? Or a chart of coloured numbers?

That's possible. by muchagecko (4.00 / 1) #14 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 12:09:32 PM EST

It's worth asking him.

"It means more if you have to earn it, even if it's by doing something as simple as eating a meal." Kellnerin
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that was my first thought. by greyshade (4.00 / 2) #22 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 02:54:04 PM EST

The numbers were all different colors on the banner at my school.

"The other part of the fun is nibbling on them when they get off work." -vorheesleatherface
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: IAWTP by dmg (4.00 / 2) #26 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 06:26:59 PM EST

My number-colour mapping which persists to this day stems from the counting rods we had in school when I was 5. 2 is red for example.

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This is news. by ammoniacal (4.00 / 1) #16 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 12:23:12 PM EST

Very interesting and cool.

Irony: ammo says it's time. Tom is blocked.

: Ordinal linguistic personification? by ammoniacal (4.00 / 1) #25 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 05:58:49 PM EST

Oh, shi-- Days do have particular personalities to me.
I wonder if my concussions had something to do with it.
Irony: ammo says it's time. Tom is blocked.
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See here by BadDoggie (4.00 / 1) #17 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 12:49:30 PM EST

Clicky

woof.

OMG WE'RE FUCKED! -- duxup ?

: I'll check that out later by muchagecko (2.00 / 0) #19 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 01:22:33 PM EST

at home, where I don't block videos.
I've heard of Daniel Tammet before. My son's therapist recommended "Born On A Blue Day".

"It means more if you have to earn it, even if it's by doing something as simple as eating a meal." Kellnerin
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: I watched that by codemonkey uk (4.00 / 1) #27 Thu Jan 31, 2008 at 03:57:12 AM EST

Really interesting. :)

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developer of ... ?
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I've had nights like that. by vorheesleatherface (4.00 / 4) #20 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 01:50:38 PM EST

Some were fun. Others...we just don't talk about.

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: I believe by MillMan (4.00 / 2) #24 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 03:41:50 PM EST

this is the lolcat you are looking for.
When I'm imprisoned as an enemy combatant, will you blog about it?
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I had these magnets by blixco (4.00 / 2) #21 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 02:53:51 PM EST

when I was a kid, all of them numbers and letters, and all different colors.

The 3 was blue and the 8 was red.

I still get glimpses of those colors with certain numbers. Like, memorizing an address and whatnot.
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Sure they do, by komet (4.00 / 4) #23 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 03:07:57 PM EST

for as long as I can remember (but actually only since I was nine), 0 is black, 1 is blue, 2 is red, 3 is magenta, 4 is green, 5 is cyan, 6 is yellow, 7 is white. 8 and 9 don't have colours and are therefore scary.

HIREZ PROOF

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HEAD RUSH by Rogerborg (4.00 / 1) #28 Thu Jan 31, 2008 at 08:43:10 AM EST

Remember the BASIC example where you create a stippled bitmap with red on yellow, and WHOA, it's ORANGE. Like... that colour doesn't exist. We were 1337 h4xx0rz, and we didn't even know it.

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Metus amatores matrum compescit, non clementia.
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: Oh yes. by komet (4.00 / 1) #29 Thu Jan 31, 2008 at 09:45:00 AM EST

You mean, like LET a=BIN 10101010: FOR n=0 TO 7: POKE USR "A"+n, a: LET a=255-a: NEXT n: INK 2: PAPER 6: FOR n=0 TO 735: PRINT "A";: NEXT n ? Where you had to go into GRAPHICS mode and press A to get the new UDG? Yeah, I remember that. It was mind-blowing.

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<ni> komet: You are functionally illiterate as regards trashy erotica.
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Electronics by houser2112 (4.00 / 2) #30 Thu Jan 31, 2008 at 03:16:04 PM EST

The stripes on resistors are used to convey the resistance. The first stripe is the tens digit, second is ones digit, and the third is the power of ten multiple. A 1k resistor has brown, black, red stripes.

0 = black
1 = brown
2 = red
3 = orange
4 = yellow
5 = green
6 = blue
7 = violet
8 = gray
9 = white

The EE professors even taught us a lovely mnemonic to memorize them:

Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Goes Willingly

I'm sorry by duxup (4.00 / 2) #31 Sun Feb 03, 2008 at 06:34:57 AM EST

He's an alien.

On the good side he will soon be one of our unquestioned overlords.

On the downside the aliens like to eat their family members.... and people who read their blogs :(
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: I have just given the alien by muchagecko (4.00 / 2) #32 Sun Feb 03, 2008 at 02:52:40 PM EST

a freshly baked batch of cinnamon rolls. Not gluten-free but they should keep him from eating the family for at least a couple of hours.
Thanks for the tip!

"It means more if you have to earn it, even if it's by doing something as simple as eating a meal." Kellnerin
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