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What does your difficult child do to entertain him/herself?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 36782" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Anyone with a difficult child who is on the autism spectrum--Aspergers, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified, classical autism--will likely tell you that the child lacks imagination and needs outside stimulation to help amuse him or her. Computers and videogames along with television are big for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids. My son, without them, walks around picking things up, looking them over, setting them down, picking up other things, bouncing on the furniture (he is 14 and no lightweight) and basically having no imagination in which to think of things to do. We have to force him to do soccer and swimming and summer school is a given or he'd sit around and just play videogames. He is very VERY knowledgeable about videogames and can recite when each one was first made, all the characters, all the powers they have, etc. He has very odd interests...lol. When he was a toddler he obsessed over letters, numbers, the states and capitals and never did enjoy toys. Quirky kid :smile: If I force him outside, he walks around aimlessly and asks, through the window, "Can I come in yet?" He really doesn't enjoy being outside. (I love him to death)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 36782, member: 1550"] Anyone with a difficult child who is on the autism spectrum--Aspergers, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified, classical autism--will likely tell you that the child lacks imagination and needs outside stimulation to help amuse him or her. Computers and videogames along with television are big for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids. My son, without them, walks around picking things up, looking them over, setting them down, picking up other things, bouncing on the furniture (he is 14 and no lightweight) and basically having no imagination in which to think of things to do. We have to force him to do soccer and swimming and summer school is a given or he'd sit around and just play videogames. He is very VERY knowledgeable about videogames and can recite when each one was first made, all the characters, all the powers they have, etc. He has very odd interests...lol. When he was a toddler he obsessed over letters, numbers, the states and capitals and never did enjoy toys. Quirky kid [img]:smile:[/img] If I force him outside, he walks around aimlessly and asks, through the window, "Can I come in yet?" He really doesn't enjoy being outside. (I love him to death) [/QUOTE]
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