# Blind daughter with 98 pecentile memory, feels overwhelmed by information **URL:** \ **Category:** General Memory Chat\ **Created:** [October 26, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/blind-daughter-with-98-pecentile-memory-feels-overwhelmed-by-information/106432 "2025-10-26T17:03:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ylva](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/ylva/32/22250_2.png) [@Ylva](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Ylva)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/blind-daughter-with-98-pecentile-memory-feels-overwhelmed-by-information/106432/22 "2025-10-27T23:17:14Z")
If the issue is anxiety, meditation might help. Doesn’t need to be anything fancy, just a simple mental countdown with deep breathing or something like that should suffice. I’ve struggled with picking relevant info, too. At her age, if asked about a topic, I would just say what seemed most interesting to me about it, which usually sounded like a non-sequitur to everyone else. Since then I’ve practiced summarizing. Got it down to two-three sentences. It just takes practice. ---
**Author:** ![phamm](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@phamm](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/phamm)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/blind-daughter-with-98-pecentile-memory-feels-overwhelmed-by-information/106432/23 "2025-10-28T14:10:00Z")
Hey, Memory techniques can be used for structure. If she can orient herself in space — know where she is in a room, understand the layout of her environment — then she can use tools like Memory Palaces or Songlines. You can for example memorize the TOC of a topic to have it ready when needed. That can provide a gross structure to orient oneself in a topic. Also, if you don’t want her to take too many notes, you could look into the research on primary orality by Lynne Kelley, and maybe read her book Memory Craft. The broader topic there is about knowledge systems in cultures that hadn’t developed written language yet—they had to store vast amounts of information using different techniques. So, huge volumes of knowledge, clearly structured and encoded in a way the brain naturally likes. But all of this isn’t ideal if she’s already deep in exam preparation. You need some time to get used to these techniques, so just keep that in mind. ---
**Author:** ![Stefos](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Stefos](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Stefos)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/blind-daughter-with-98-pecentile-memory-feels-overwhelmed-by-information/106432/24 "2025-10-28T14:46:03Z")
Hi Liz, This might seem silly but you might want to invest in an encyclopedia for her, a physical encyclopedia in braille, so that she can also learn information which is laid out in a larger format. Also, work with her in having her improve her general understanding of a topic. Remember that the foundation of a topic is needed first and then you can go upwards. Try doing checkers and chess with her too as this will help the information retention with kinetic movements. Stefos ---
**Author:** ![Nikolina](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/nikolina/32/22508_2.png) [@Nikolina](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Nikolina)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/blind-daughter-with-98-pecentile-memory-feels-overwhelmed-by-information/106432/25 "2025-10-28T16:05:45Z")
Hello, I’m blind and on the autism spectrum, would it be ok to message you with some things that have helped? All the best, Lina ---
**Author:** ![GScottMoore](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ea5d25/32.png) [@GScottMoore](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/GScottMoore)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/blind-daughter-with-98-pecentile-memory-feels-overwhelmed-by-information/106432/26 "2025-10-29T16:52:16Z")
@LizJ - I would recommend that you do plenty of investigation into “mind palaces,” and related ideas, like loci and their placement. By using more, different, extended palaces one can segregate information into separate “vessels.” I this way, one doesn’t have to scan vast tracts of information to come up with narror ranges of information. Each is in its own “palace.” The palaces themselves can be placed in neighborhoods (my own angle on organization) that are related in some way. ---
**Author:** ![Aikidoc1](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/aikidoc1/32/28899_2.png) [@Aikidoc1](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Aikidoc1)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/blind-daughter-with-98-pecentile-memory-feels-overwhelmed-by-information/106432/27 "2025-10-30T22:09:55Z")
Have you asked ChatGPT for suggestions? It can give good advice for neuroscience based learning strategies if you identity the problem thoroughly. It may help her come up with ways to organize or chunk the material so she doesn’t get cognitive overload. Just a thought. ---
**Author:** ![Biondi1789](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Biondi1789](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Biondi1789)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/blind-daughter-with-98-pecentile-memory-feels-overwhelmed-by-information/106432/28 "2026-09-30T01:58:11Z")
Hi. And how blind people learns? I ve met university graduated blind people and don’t know how they can do it if being able to read is just so difficult? They record classes and hear a lot of times? ---
**Author:** ![tripfin](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/tripfin/32/33658_2.png) [@tripfin](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/tripfin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/blind-daughter-with-98-pecentile-memory-feels-overwhelmed-by-information/106432/29 "2026-09-30T21:47:16Z")
Please do not pay attention to this person who thinks that 15 year olds are incapable of the degree of self-awareness that kids half their age have. I’m sure I don’t have to tell you this but do not disbelieve your child when they say how they feel. Comments like this give one the impression of a severe deficit of understanding and experience. Also, information overwhelm is common among autistic people. Auditory processing disorder and other neurological conditions can make it difficult for them to think straight while they’re also receiving sensory input. You might find help among the autistic online community regarding methods of handling this. ---
**Author:** ![QuaraMan](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/dec6dc/32.png) [@QuaraMan](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/QuaraMan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/blind-daughter-with-98-pecentile-memory-feels-overwhelmed-by-information/106432/30 "2026-09-30T22:20:08Z")
@tripfin what we all say in different ways is that a forum about memory techniques and learning is no replacement of a proper medical diagnosis. We can give advice but that might be wrong. This is because we had no conversation with the person in question. And may lack of enough knowledge in the needed field/s. What the person is or not or if we complete misunderstand what exactly is here the question behind the question - that is up to the poster and the daughter. It is like the Gorbatschow problem: You can ask around the table to x experts in different fields but then you have x perspectives for the same problem. And it is then up to you which perspective you believe is the right one for the current situation. ---
**Author:** ![tripfin](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/tripfin/32/33658_2.png) [@tripfin](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/tripfin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/blind-daughter-with-98-pecentile-memory-feels-overwhelmed-by-information/106432/31 "2026-09-30T22:51:56Z")
This question did not ask for a medical diagnosis, nor does answering it require any. ---
**Author:** ![QuaraMan](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/dec6dc/32.png) [@QuaraMan](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/QuaraMan)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/blind-daughter-with-98-pecentile-memory-feels-overwhelmed-by-information/106432/32 "2026-10-01T10:16:26Z")
@tripfin did you spoke to the person? Otherwise the “overwhelming” could mean thousands of things. Either she is not able to seperate important facts from unimportant - lack of training. It could also mean that she lacks some issues that a text based forum cannot get. Like is she in the moment of answering a question hearing the whole surrounding and the smells of the room and so on and concentrate only on that instead of finding memories and facts? Or multiple other ways that we cannot provide a solution but only advice. And reffering to medical experts in fields of training autistic people is better as to refer only to some standard advice for memory training. Because a person that is trained in such situations AND is in front of the person is way more helpfull than selling the person a book. ---
**Author:** ![Arun512](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Arun512](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Arun512)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/blind-daughter-with-98-pecentile-memory-feels-overwhelmed-by-information/106432/33 "2026-10-01T11:21:00Z")
Don’t put load on spineless person. Soon they start realizing gravity to exist. There is always influx of demand for reasonable person like you. Contribute to them. I shall answer the thread only if I see necessary. Important thing is that we feel shared responsibility towards the child. I have seen another Australian white bearded man claiming to teach Advita Vedanta. Should I go confront him? [Previous page](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/blind-daughter-with-98-pecentile-memory-feels-overwhelmed-by-information/106432.md?page=1)