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by leemck 2239 days ago
I'll add this. I work with severely disabled kids as a classroom aide. I keep getting the impression that the difference in their thinking and mine is quite small. I am geting to be 73 years old and the medical fact is I am probably losing brain cells. But the illusion that I can think remains pretty complete. I see an increasing time delay in the process of summoning detail from old memories. I can also see an increasing fragility in the old memories.W With warmth, I can tell the student I work with "I'm getting a little slower now too.