To AlphaNUmeric:
Above is his reply my PS in post 4 of same thread , which was:
(1) Are verbose
(2) Have problems understanding and producing connected discourse
(3) Give conversational responses that are socially inappropriate, tangential and/or stereotyped
(4) Develop obsessional interests
And states: "The current view, therefore, is that the disorder is more to do with communication and information processing than language."
In Rieku's case item four seems to be a strong interest in how physics, mind or consciousness and reality may be related. As Reiku exhibits them all, I suspect the diagnose he received is correct, but my original guess of mild Wernicke's aphasia could also explain his posts.
Unfortunately, in either case it is not possible to establish very meaningful exchanges of information as these communication disorders impair both production and comprehension of such exchanges. I think that the underlying thoughts can be clear if not essentially verbal. “Ferial children” who have never been exposed to any language, do have some ability to think, despite the absence of any language. (This is uncertain as they may have constructed their own for internal representation of thoughts. – There are a few cases where twins, who were basically isolated from normal exposure to spoken language, did generate their own complex language with detailed grammatical structure, but it was lost later after they were integrated in to a common language.)
I have tried to help with several specific suggestions (Write off-line and review a few minutes later. Make only short sentences with only one idea. Etc.) but this has been ignored (or not understood, but his case is mild so I think he does understand much of what is said to him. He just has great difficulty in communicating clearly and does tend to cut and paste concepts that have escaped his comprehension, as you have observed.)
I am growing tired of his filling my screen with several sequential post of nonsense, so will probably just put him on ignore. It is nice of you to try to explain things to him and perhaps some is getting thru, but do not expect more than he can do. Just tolerate his posts or put him on ignore.
From: http://www.sciforums.com/showpost.php?p=1898068&postcount=5Billy, I have Semantic Pragmatic Disorder, which is akin to Asphasia...
Above is his reply my PS in post 4 of same thread , which was:
I had several times earlier noted that his posts were “word soup” with occasional meaning, almost by accident. SPD is a relatively new distinction among neurological communication malfunctions, with four typical characteristics:...You appear to have a mild form of Wernicke's aphasia, which is caused by damage in the near section of the temporal lobe. Consider get checked. Here is what Wiki (see the aphasia entry) has to say about it:
"Individuals with Wernicke's aphasia may speak in long sentences that have no meaning, add unnecessary words, and even create new "words" (neologisms). ...They have poor auditory and reading comprehension, and fluent, but nonsensical, oral and written expression. Individuals with Wernicke's aphasia usually have great difficulty understanding the speech of both themselves and others and are therefore often unaware of their mistakes." Concentrate on this bold end part.
(1) Are verbose
(2) Have problems understanding and producing connected discourse
(3) Give conversational responses that are socially inappropriate, tangential and/or stereotyped
(4) Develop obsessional interests
And states: "The current view, therefore, is that the disorder is more to do with communication and information processing than language."
In Rieku's case item four seems to be a strong interest in how physics, mind or consciousness and reality may be related. As Reiku exhibits them all, I suspect the diagnose he received is correct, but my original guess of mild Wernicke's aphasia could also explain his posts.
Unfortunately, in either case it is not possible to establish very meaningful exchanges of information as these communication disorders impair both production and comprehension of such exchanges. I think that the underlying thoughts can be clear if not essentially verbal. “Ferial children” who have never been exposed to any language, do have some ability to think, despite the absence of any language. (This is uncertain as they may have constructed their own for internal representation of thoughts. – There are a few cases where twins, who were basically isolated from normal exposure to spoken language, did generate their own complex language with detailed grammatical structure, but it was lost later after they were integrated in to a common language.)
I have tried to help with several specific suggestions (Write off-line and review a few minutes later. Make only short sentences with only one idea. Etc.) but this has been ignored (or not understood, but his case is mild so I think he does understand much of what is said to him. He just has great difficulty in communicating clearly and does tend to cut and paste concepts that have escaped his comprehension, as you have observed.)
I am growing tired of his filling my screen with several sequential post of nonsense, so will probably just put him on ignore. It is nice of you to try to explain things to him and perhaps some is getting thru, but do not expect more than he can do. Just tolerate his posts or put him on ignore.