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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 20256" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Oh, and I forgot - the ability to follow multiple step instructions - yes, it's unusual but difficult child 3 can do it. In fact, he was doing it very early, which made me glad because "at least one of my children is normal!" because difficult child 1 can't mentally multi-task, he still has to write down multiple step instructions. He's getting a lot better at it, though.</p><p></p><p>If your daughter can do this, it says a number of things about her:</p><p>1) Her receptive language is much better than her expressive language, currently (a good sign); and</p><p></p><p>2) She's highly capable, compared to a lot of kids on the spectrum.</p><p></p><p>All good news, within the scope of the spectrum.</p><p></p><p>by the way, I'm not always sunshine and light on this subject. We've had some very rough times. But in most cases, it was made much, much worse because we were NOT listening to what difficult child 3 was consciously and subconsciously trying to tell us. HE knew at some level what he needed. Always has. And when we give it to him he thrives. And cooperates. He wants to fit in, he wants to be loved, he is very loving and outgoing. HIGHLY verbal (now) but also non-verbal (mostly) at 3. Definitely non-verbal at 2, except for numbers and letters. And some words which he read. Stimulating him as much as he could handle has been the trick.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 20256, member: 1991"] Oh, and I forgot - the ability to follow multiple step instructions - yes, it's unusual but difficult child 3 can do it. In fact, he was doing it very early, which made me glad because "at least one of my children is normal!" because difficult child 1 can't mentally multi-task, he still has to write down multiple step instructions. He's getting a lot better at it, though. If your daughter can do this, it says a number of things about her: 1) Her receptive language is much better than her expressive language, currently (a good sign); and 2) She's highly capable, compared to a lot of kids on the spectrum. All good news, within the scope of the spectrum. by the way, I'm not always sunshine and light on this subject. We've had some very rough times. But in most cases, it was made much, much worse because we were NOT listening to what difficult child 3 was consciously and subconsciously trying to tell us. HE knew at some level what he needed. Always has. And when we give it to him he thrives. And cooperates. He wants to fit in, he wants to be loved, he is very loving and outgoing. HIGHLY verbal (now) but also non-verbal (mostly) at 3. Definitely non-verbal at 2, except for numbers and letters. And some words which he read. Stimulating him as much as he could handle has been the trick. Marg [/QUOTE]
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