I noticed my autistic son playing with barbies the other day. He wasn't pretending they walked or talked. He was more interested in the mechanics of their movement and their clothes. My daughter was playing at the same time. She pretended they walked, flippled their hair and talked as though they were from a Hollywood zipcode. So here is the thing......Society frowns on my son's actions but, not my daughters....what is wrong with this picture? I give my daughter a Barbie doll and tell her "PRETEND" to be someone else..."pretend your a princess, pretend your a doctor. "One day she will be old enough to realize her own potential and I will say "Be YOURSELF."
Kid's with Autism are themselves from the very beginning. It's almost like the people who give a pacifier to a toddler to replace the bottle. What is the point in that?? You just gave them another addiction you will have to take away at a later time as well. I am just saying, it shouldn't be a big deal to accept autism. They are antisocial, ignore you and live in their own world....Wow, we could just call them teenagers....
Just my thought, love my son, he is the best gift God has given me.
CMH - having both an
CMH - having both an autistic and a teenager, I actually prefer my autistic, he's much more pleasant to be around. ;-)
My sons 4 favorite things
My sons 4 favorite things are his Wizard of Oz Barbies, he takes them places we even saw him giving them a bath the other night, he likes to hold them while he is watching the movie maybe his way of including himself in the movie. There are times that I tell people that Derek is the worlds biggest 4 year old but there are other times that he is very much a 19 year old young man.
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I resemble that remark.
In fact, I'd go so far as to say, many autistics are stuck in classical adolescence their entire lives, with things getting majorly worse during actual adolescence, then mildly better as the years roll by after the brain matures at or around 24 years old.
I know in many ways that describes my life.
Wow! I love the way you look
Wow! I love the way you look at that. My son is 3 and was diagnosed with pdd-nos a few months ago and i am sad sometimes to see other children his age playing with toys because he doesn"t "play" with toys yet. What you said makes perfect sense though. Children with autism show who they truly are from the beginning and don't care what other people think. I'ts nice to hear the positive comments because so many people are negative. Thanks for sharing your positive thoughts!!