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Kids on the spectrum--Does yours have a flat affect?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 359904" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>My son's affect looks natural. He looks like one of those British comics, who say funny things deadpan. We never tried to teach him how he "should" look, but he was taught how to read faces and isn't bad at it. Sometimes though I do have to ask son "Is everything ok?" And he says, "Yeah. It's fine" in that same deadpan voice. However, he does get animated when we are doing something he really loves or he is with his friends. </p><p></p><p>At our autism social group, which has about 100 kids in it, it's amusing to watch them. Most don't make good eye contact and look pretty deadpan. I should say NONE of them make good eye contact in this big group, especially at first. And they sure don't strike up conversations with one another until they have a common activity together and have been doing it for some time. That's when you see the true devestation of any sort of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), even Aspergers. Once, a boy who thought a lifeguard at the pool was pretty yelled out, "Hey, you look very pretty and I like your _____s!" He was about eighteen! He embarassed her and his parents, but he was grinning, not realizing he had been inappropriate. My son knew it though. He whispered, "Oh, boy. That's embarassing!"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 359904, member: 1550"] My son's affect looks natural. He looks like one of those British comics, who say funny things deadpan. We never tried to teach him how he "should" look, but he was taught how to read faces and isn't bad at it. Sometimes though I do have to ask son "Is everything ok?" And he says, "Yeah. It's fine" in that same deadpan voice. However, he does get animated when we are doing something he really loves or he is with his friends. At our autism social group, which has about 100 kids in it, it's amusing to watch them. Most don't make good eye contact and look pretty deadpan. I should say NONE of them make good eye contact in this big group, especially at first. And they sure don't strike up conversations with one another until they have a common activity together and have been doing it for some time. That's when you see the true devestation of any sort of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), even Aspergers. Once, a boy who thought a lifeguard at the pool was pretty yelled out, "Hey, you look very pretty and I like your _____s!" He was about eighteen! He embarassed her and his parents, but he was grinning, not realizing he had been inappropriate. My son knew it though. He whispered, "Oh, boy. That's embarassing!" [/QUOTE]
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