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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 479654" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>IQ does not dictate interests or a person's motivation to start a new activity. There are people with very low IQ scores that have a variety of interests and want to do anything that is presented to them. Limited/restricted/repetitive interest areas is a symptom in autism. Not all kids with autism will ONLY do their special or high interest area, but many would prefer to do that most of the time. My son has a terrible time with anything new, even a new card game...but he wants to do it...just so hard to do anything outside of his interests without a challenge. Once he is comfortable though, he wants to do it again. </p><p></p><p>Yes, you may have to think outside of the box. For example... my kiddo likes to know what is in every building he sees. Especially if it has a sign nearby. His Integrated Listening Systems (ILS) workers take him to different places, banks, hair salons, cell phone stores, warehouses, etc. sometimes he just walks in and walks out, but he just likes to know. If people are there, he practices saying hello and just asking what their business is and then saying thanks. (he gets lots of free stuff that way, it is kind of cute to them...I think a little strange, but people are nice to him--tee hee) It is really hard when you have a kid who does not like to do much. But as the book says... you will dream new dreams. We as parents need to give up the original dream for our children and dream new dreams. Dreams that match their desires for happiness.</p><p></p><p>my opinion, for what it is worth...tee hee...do not get too hung up on IQ. That testing can be useful to say the strengths and weaknesses for processing and learning....like... are the subtest scores for visual learning higher than auditory learning? IQ does not say much about what a person can accomplish in life. Especially since the norms are not made on people with autism. it is only a tool, a small piece of the puzzle. in my humble opinion anyway, both in my personal life with difficult child and in my professional life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 479654, member: 12886"] IQ does not dictate interests or a person's motivation to start a new activity. There are people with very low IQ scores that have a variety of interests and want to do anything that is presented to them. Limited/restricted/repetitive interest areas is a symptom in autism. Not all kids with autism will ONLY do their special or high interest area, but many would prefer to do that most of the time. My son has a terrible time with anything new, even a new card game...but he wants to do it...just so hard to do anything outside of his interests without a challenge. Once he is comfortable though, he wants to do it again. Yes, you may have to think outside of the box. For example... my kiddo likes to know what is in every building he sees. Especially if it has a sign nearby. His Integrated Listening Systems (ILS) workers take him to different places, banks, hair salons, cell phone stores, warehouses, etc. sometimes he just walks in and walks out, but he just likes to know. If people are there, he practices saying hello and just asking what their business is and then saying thanks. (he gets lots of free stuff that way, it is kind of cute to them...I think a little strange, but people are nice to him--tee hee) It is really hard when you have a kid who does not like to do much. But as the book says... you will dream new dreams. We as parents need to give up the original dream for our children and dream new dreams. Dreams that match their desires for happiness. my opinion, for what it is worth...tee hee...do not get too hung up on IQ. That testing can be useful to say the strengths and weaknesses for processing and learning....like... are the subtest scores for visual learning higher than auditory learning? IQ does not say much about what a person can accomplish in life. Especially since the norms are not made on people with autism. it is only a tool, a small piece of the puzzle. in my humble opinion anyway, both in my personal life with difficult child and in my professional life. [/QUOTE]
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