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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 338270" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Oh boy, this sounds familiar! easy child 2/difficult child 2 is extremely specific about her wants. She's like Phinneas Fogg from Around the World in 80 Days - her bath has to be drawn at exactly 43 C (109.4 F). She does permit latitude of a couple of degrees either way. But she uses a meat thermometer to ensure the bath is exactly right. Food - no "bits". Nothing touching. We consider her problem to connect to Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), part of the borderline Asperger's in her.</p><p></p><p>On the concept of kids putting concepts together - I remember reading a book 30 years ago on the research into language development and capability in chimpanzees - the research with the chimp Washoe was fascinating. They taught her Ameslan, only used Ameslan to communicate with one another in her presence. They made the interesting discovery that Washoe could 'invent' her own words where she needed to say something and at that point didn't have the vocabulary. They gave her some watermelon for the first time - and in describing it, she put together the word for "drink" and the word for "fruit". "Drink-fruit". That sure described watermelon!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 338270, member: 1991"] Oh boy, this sounds familiar! easy child 2/difficult child 2 is extremely specific about her wants. She's like Phinneas Fogg from Around the World in 80 Days - her bath has to be drawn at exactly 43 C (109.4 F). She does permit latitude of a couple of degrees either way. But she uses a meat thermometer to ensure the bath is exactly right. Food - no "bits". Nothing touching. We consider her problem to connect to Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), part of the borderline Asperger's in her. On the concept of kids putting concepts together - I remember reading a book 30 years ago on the research into language development and capability in chimpanzees - the research with the chimp Washoe was fascinating. They taught her Ameslan, only used Ameslan to communicate with one another in her presence. They made the interesting discovery that Washoe could 'invent' her own words where she needed to say something and at that point didn't have the vocabulary. They gave her some watermelon for the first time - and in describing it, she put together the word for "drink" and the word for "fruit". "Drink-fruit". That sure described watermelon! Marg [/QUOTE]
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