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"Hey, mom, do I have autism?"
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<blockquote data-quote="Fran" data-source="post: 184283" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>MWM, what a great conversation. How wonderful for him to have some curiosity and self reflection. I think our kids know a lot but a) aren't that interested in the depth of a topic and B) aren't that good at expressing their thoughts. I always get the impression that my difficult child thinks because he knows it or has a memory of a situation that I have the same ones. Like our brains are linked. </p><p></p><p>My question to difficult child the next time would be to ask him what does he think it means to have "autism"? </p><p></p><p>My difficult child went to a program where all the meals were kosher. They asked difficult child if that was a problem. difficult child responded "heck no". I asked difficult child if he knew what it meant? Of course not. Intellectually he knew the term but what did that mean in his life was not a thought in his sweet little head. </p><p></p><p>I do not believe most people know what being on the spectrum means in terms of function, out come and special needs. It's a term that lay people shake their heads in understanding but don't really know what it means. I doubt your difficult child or mine has a lot of understanding of the terminology yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fran, post: 184283, member: 3"] MWM, what a great conversation. How wonderful for him to have some curiosity and self reflection. I think our kids know a lot but a) aren't that interested in the depth of a topic and B) aren't that good at expressing their thoughts. I always get the impression that my difficult child thinks because he knows it or has a memory of a situation that I have the same ones. Like our brains are linked. My question to difficult child the next time would be to ask him what does he think it means to have "autism"? My difficult child went to a program where all the meals were kosher. They asked difficult child if that was a problem. difficult child responded "heck no". I asked difficult child if he knew what it meant? Of course not. Intellectually he knew the term but what did that mean in his life was not a thought in his sweet little head. I do not believe most people know what being on the spectrum means in terms of function, out come and special needs. It's a term that lay people shake their heads in understanding but don't really know what it means. I doubt your difficult child or mine has a lot of understanding of the terminology yet. [/QUOTE]
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