Recently I had a rather interesting discussion with a friend. We talked about single versus multi-tasking. My friend claimed that for as long as she could remember, she had been multi-tasking. Not only she was good at doing a few things at one time, she actually enjoyed the challenge of keeping seven pots covered with five lids.
Since she turned forty, she found that her short-term memory was not as good as it was before. Then she read a scientific report on how researchers found that multi-tasking folks are at a higher risk of having short term memory loss compared to their single-tasking counterparts of the same age-group.
As we were sharing merrily on, we realised we each could name a few names of those near and dear to us who faced the same challenge. Many are the tales of misplaced keys or wallets in moments of haste.
Now, how does this topic link to learning disability? Well! May I share my unqualified observations. Whenever a learning disabled person struggles to overcome a handicap, he or she tends to single task for that moment. For that 'difficult' task consumes all the attention.
* coral from planetsave.com
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