Each finger a lifeline / 3rd November 2024

Counting and how to save yourself

I get asked about my autism and ways of coping more often than you’d probably believe, so I thought I would share something that has become very helpful. I recently discovered that I struggle to count words now. I have used syllable counting as a coping mechanism for so long that it has become my default instead of counting words. We had a task in a gam…