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Kids on the spectrum--Does yours have a flat affect?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 359825" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>husband has had to learn to smile at least a little, or give some little quirk to his mouth, when he tells a joke or makes some quip. Otherwise people think he is serious and saying really bizarre things instead of joking.</p><p></p><p>difficult child 3 speaks with a lot of expression, because we practised it form when he was very young. because he was reading at such a very young age (two years old) we used to read books together. He would read the speech tags and I would read the dialogue and act it out. I would put on different voices and lots of expression, to try to engage him in the subject matter. Then difficult child 3 would take a turn and read the dialogue while I read the speech tags. It was interesting to hear difficult child 3 trying to read and act it it all out with expression also. But I do think this is one big reason for difficult child 3 having a lot of expression in his voice.</p><p></p><p>Also, kids (boys especially) when they read aloud at school, tend to deliberately avoid showing expression, because it's not 'cool'. But with difficult child 3, he is totally unselfconscious about it, has no idea of 'cool' or not, he does what feels right. His autism has blinded him to the social side of public 'performance' in this. And so it is with his effect.</p><p></p><p>difficult child 3 does have partial face blindness, though. So does easy child 2/difficult child 2.</p><p>difficult child 3 can read facial expressions if they are obvious. We actually used to play a game with him as a baby, of mimicking facial expressions. He cold play this game, when he couldn't play any other "where is your nose? Where is your eye?" type of games. Odd.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 359825, member: 1991"] husband has had to learn to smile at least a little, or give some little quirk to his mouth, when he tells a joke or makes some quip. Otherwise people think he is serious and saying really bizarre things instead of joking. difficult child 3 speaks with a lot of expression, because we practised it form when he was very young. because he was reading at such a very young age (two years old) we used to read books together. He would read the speech tags and I would read the dialogue and act it out. I would put on different voices and lots of expression, to try to engage him in the subject matter. Then difficult child 3 would take a turn and read the dialogue while I read the speech tags. It was interesting to hear difficult child 3 trying to read and act it it all out with expression also. But I do think this is one big reason for difficult child 3 having a lot of expression in his voice. Also, kids (boys especially) when they read aloud at school, tend to deliberately avoid showing expression, because it's not 'cool'. But with difficult child 3, he is totally unselfconscious about it, has no idea of 'cool' or not, he does what feels right. His autism has blinded him to the social side of public 'performance' in this. And so it is with his effect. difficult child 3 does have partial face blindness, though. So does easy child 2/difficult child 2. difficult child 3 can read facial expressions if they are obvious. We actually used to play a game with him as a baby, of mimicking facial expressions. He cold play this game, when he couldn't play any other "where is your nose? Where is your eye?" type of games. Odd. Marg [/QUOTE]
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