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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 188439" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Rainman, if that's the movie, was an extreme. Few with autism are savants, which is what he was. Most seem like awkward, geeky, very socially inept kids. With Aspergers they often talk like Professors and obsess on certain topics, not good at give-and-take conversation. Some are bonafide loners and some desperately want friends, but have NO idea how to make friends and get very depressed.</p><p> Those things are really more telling than eye contact, which can be sparadic with these kids (and adults). The problems come in when the child is so unaware that they break the law. Therefore, I feel interventions are mandatory for our "we don't get it" kids. They can also become victims of others very easily because they may think "he talked nice to me, therefore he is nice, there he is my friend." Some kids who claimed to be my son's friends, were taking his money that he freely gave to him because he said "You have to be nice to your friends." Um, they weren't his friends. I don't know if my son will ever be savvy, but we're trying...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 188439, member: 1550"] Rainman, if that's the movie, was an extreme. Few with autism are savants, which is what he was. Most seem like awkward, geeky, very socially inept kids. With Aspergers they often talk like Professors and obsess on certain topics, not good at give-and-take conversation. Some are bonafide loners and some desperately want friends, but have NO idea how to make friends and get very depressed. Those things are really more telling than eye contact, which can be sparadic with these kids (and adults). The problems come in when the child is so unaware that they break the law. Therefore, I feel interventions are mandatory for our "we don't get it" kids. They can also become victims of others very easily because they may think "he talked nice to me, therefore he is nice, there he is my friend." Some kids who claimed to be my son's friends, were taking his money that he freely gave to him because he said "You have to be nice to your friends." Um, they weren't his friends. I don't know if my son will ever be savvy, but we're trying... [/QUOTE]
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