Teaching he vs. she

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I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on getting a child to use " she " (and

" her " ) appropriately and more regularly. The child is a 6 1/2 year old

moderately on the spectrum and has decent language. He knows the difference

between genders, is able to point to boy vs. girl, he vs. she, and his vs. her

in pictures. Unfortunately, he habitually uses " he " even when talking about a

girl. For example, " was absent today. He didn't come to school. He wasn't

feeling well. " He is able to correct himself when you point out to him (e.g.,

prompt - " is a he? " or " are you saying He didn't come to school or

___ " ...he will fill in the she). So he clearly knows the difference...just

seems his brain automatically pushes him to use " He " . He learned gender early

on in a discrete trial mode, with decent generalization. Just seems in day to

day conversation, he's not able to use it correctly on his own.

Has anyone else run into this? Any suggestions on improving this? Is this

common for this age? Thanks.

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My son did this until he was at least 7.

It does correct itself, don’t worry to much about it.

From: Autism and Aspergers Treatment [mailto:Autism and Aspergers Treatment ] On Behalf Of KT

Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005

7:58 PM

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Subject:

Teaching " he " vs. " she "

I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on getting a child to use

" she " (and " her " ) appropriately and more regularly.

The child is a 6 1/2 year old moderately on the spectrum and has decent

language. He knows the difference between genders, is able to point to

boy vs. girl, he vs. she, and his vs. her in pictures. Unfortunately, he

habitually uses " he " even when talking about a girl. For

example, " was absent today. He didn't come to school. He wasn't

feeling well. " He is able to correct himself when you point out to

him (e.g., prompt - " is a he? " or " are you saying He didn't

come to school or ___ " ...he will fill in the she). So he clearly

knows the difference...just seems his brain automatically pushes him to use

" He " . He learned gender early on in a discrete trial mode, with

decent generalization. Just seems in day to day conversation, he's not

able to use it correctly on his own.

Has anyone else run into this? Any suggestions on improving this?

Is this common for this age? Thanks.

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