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Kids on the spectrum--Does yours have a flat affect?
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<blockquote data-quote="1 Day At a Time" data-source="post: 359715" data-attributes="member: 3704"><p>MWM,</p><p></p><p>Our difficult child has a wicked sense of humor - but he has an extremely flat affect. He'll tell a joke - all the while with the affect - it's a very odd sensation to watch him. The neuropsychologist said he was able to interpret emotions in a test with photos of faces - but that he took the longest of anyone he's ever tested to give the answers. He said that difficult child has to work VERY hard to interpret facial expressions. </p><p></p><p>He'll ask us all a million times a day , "Are you O.K."? I used to think that it was just an obsessive question - but now I know that he really can't tell. But, as evidenced by the question, he really does care. He has gotten comfortable enough to ask us when he doesn't understand a situation, or say, a scene in a television show. I think that is a good sign, but I am shocked at how he completely doesn't get metaphors , allegories, etc. If it's not concrete information - it goes right over his head. Now I understand why he hates English! </p><p></p><p>I think he has a type of "blindness" when it comes to the interpretation of emotions and drama, but he's working hard to compensate for it. The flat affect though, I think it is here to stay.</p><p></p><p>Valerie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1 Day At a Time, post: 359715, member: 3704"] MWM, Our difficult child has a wicked sense of humor - but he has an extremely flat affect. He'll tell a joke - all the while with the affect - it's a very odd sensation to watch him. The neuropsychologist said he was able to interpret emotions in a test with photos of faces - but that he took the longest of anyone he's ever tested to give the answers. He said that difficult child has to work VERY hard to interpret facial expressions. He'll ask us all a million times a day , "Are you O.K."? I used to think that it was just an obsessive question - but now I know that he really can't tell. But, as evidenced by the question, he really does care. He has gotten comfortable enough to ask us when he doesn't understand a situation, or say, a scene in a television show. I think that is a good sign, but I am shocked at how he completely doesn't get metaphors , allegories, etc. If it's not concrete information - it goes right over his head. Now I understand why he hates English! I think he has a type of "blindness" when it comes to the interpretation of emotions and drama, but he's working hard to compensate for it. The flat affect though, I think it is here to stay. Valerie [/QUOTE]
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