<p>I have high-functioning autism, and I really like math and physics, while I hate most other subjects. When I study math or physics, I feel so motivated and excited in the same way as people feel while playing sports or video games. On the other hand, I feel like suffering while studying other subjects, especially the ones which are totally unrelated to math. Is this common among people with autism spectrum? If so, is there any common strategy to deal with this sort of issue? </p>
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<p>Gosh, I don’t know — am no expert — but from what I’ve seen anecdotally, I’d has yes. Definitely. Very black and white about passions and dislikes. That makes the “well-rounded” liberal arts requirements for most undergraduate degrees somewhat painful. I’ve seen some ASD kids take CLEP tests to get these requirement “out of the way” so they can attend to the coursework and projects that are more interesting to them. </p>
<p>When you say suffering, I assume you mean that the logistics/mechanics of studying non-math material are what make you suffer, not the subject matter. If this is what you mean, then, yes. I have seen high aptitude and interest; but complete impatience for the humanities/social science process of research/reporting that results in dislike for the course (not the material) and low grades in non-math (including sometimes science!). Thank you for sharing!</p>
<p>The best strategies I have seen is 1) to treat the logistics of the assignment like an algorithm; and, mostly, 2) talking an assignment to a person who types every word without filtering it; and then go back and edit that raw pile in solitude. It has not worked to dictate to a speech-to-text, curiously. The human element is somehow needed. This is a specific strategy that may not work for you. The point is, try using all five of your senses to make it interesting/fun.</p>
<p>Your second strategy is interesting to me, since I don’t suffer much when I speak something about non-science although I do when I write about it. I also appreciate you for sharing. </p>
<p>I always have loved latin, biology and geometry. </p>