You are supposed to teach someone to be interested in something the same way I'm supposed to provide a pill to get someone more interested in something.
We'll let each other know how that worked out?
Exposing people to an array of foods, activities, ideas, interests - I think that's a great idea. Not because "he'll never do anything else" but because you might be presenting the next great thing. And I don't actually object to requiring people to try some non-preferred things, so long as it's presented this way.
One thing I've been thinking about recently is the fact that, when you ask autistics what causes them problems, they tend to mention social communication problems and sensory sensitivities. They sometimes mention difficulty with routine changes. They almost never mention that "restricted or repetitive interests/behavior" cause them problems, except when others externally impose problems.
Which is causing me problems because I am needing a few-sentence thing to say about autism in my medical notes. I say autism is a developmental disability that causes difficulty with social communication. [Then I need to say something about repetitive/restricted behaviors/interests, but can't figure out what to say.] Then I say something about sensory over or under-responsiveness. And I say that the specific impairments in each area can vary between people and change over time.
Another thing I am finding lately are that almost no one I am seeing fits Social Communication Disorder. You know, the Part A of autism that is supposed to help diagnose people who don't meet both Part A and Part B. What I AM finding are lots of people who fit Part B. Typically anxious kids who have difficulty with routine changes, strong interests and sensory integration problems. To the point where I've been joking that the DSM6 needs to have a Repetitive Behavior and Restricted Interest Disorder category. Except. . . not.. .
Movement-related issues and executive dysfunction cause me a lot of problems too. *Understanding* social communication isn't usually a problem for me, but there are a lot of things I physically can't do, or can't do reliably.
No amount of explaining socially expected greeting behavior to me will make my body cooperate on a day when I'm operating on a 10 second delay.
We'll let each other know how that worked out?
Exposing people to an array of foods, activities, ideas, interests - I think that's a great idea. Not because "he'll never do anything else" but because you might be presenting the next great thing. And I don't actually object to requiring people to try some non-preferred things, so long as it's presented this way.
One thing I've been thinking about recently is the fact that, when you ask autistics what causes them problems, they tend to mention social communication problems and sensory sensitivities. They sometimes mention difficulty with routine changes. They almost never mention that "restricted or repetitive interests/behavior" cause them problems, except when others externally impose problems.
Which is causing me problems because I am needing a few-sentence thing to say about autism in my medical notes. I say autism is a developmental disability that causes difficulty with social communication. [Then I need to say something about repetitive/restricted behaviors/interests, but can't figure out what to say.] Then I say something about sensory over or under-responsiveness. And I say that the specific impairments in each area can vary between people and change over time.
Another thing I am finding lately are that almost no one I am seeing fits Social Communication Disorder. You know, the Part A of autism that is supposed to help diagnose people who don't meet both Part A and Part B. What I AM finding are lots of people who fit Part B. Typically anxious kids who have difficulty with routine changes, strong interests and sensory integration problems. To the point where I've been joking that the DSM6 needs to have a Repetitive Behavior and Restricted Interest Disorder category. Except. . . not.. .
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No amount of explaining socially expected greeting behavior to me will make my body cooperate on a day when I'm operating on a 10 second delay.
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