Re: autistic spectrum disorder (Imitation)

October 13, 2004

tim recently started at a special school (my choice for him). One of his

classmates is visually impaired and I guess she must drop her dinner done

her front a fair bit. this week Tim has come home three days on the trot

with food stains on his clothes so I told him if it happens again I'm buying

him bibs to wear at meal times becoz if he eats like a baby then I'll have

him treated like a baby! He hasn't dropped food down his front since he was

2 years old (thats almost 9 years of clean eating) so I KNOW this is

imitative behaviour! I shall be speaking to his class teacher tomorrow

about it too!

Sue Wong

Re: autistic spectrum disorder

>

> In a message dated 10/12/2004 9:34:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,

> jacksonsmom99@... writes:

>

> > Anyway, his odd behaviors are reallly picking up.

> > I worry that spending his day in a pretty non-verbal peer group and

> > all that goes with that is taking it's toll on him. He's just not

> > himself. He started hand flapping over the summer and doing lots of

> > jumping and throaty noises. He chews his index finger so much that

> > it looks odd, bigger than his other one and callused.

>

> -------------

> When was in the preschool program she was in a class of 9 - 5 of

whom

> were autistic boys. She started picking up their behaviors by imitation

and it

> took me years to break her of the habit. DS kids are VERY good at

observing

> and mimicry - and she quickly discovered that by " acting autistic " she

could

> get out of having to work!

>

> Get him out of there!

>

> - Becky

>

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