generalizing Re: what does autism look like in people who have DS?

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very true. it is characteristic of autism to have difficulty with generalizing

so the kids don't understand why they can play with shaving cream at school and

not at home. My son always got in trouble for playing and eating vaseline

(runny diapers always followed.) I began insisting that people redirect for lap

sitting when my son's twin sister out grew it. That did take a few years for

him to understand that he was not too big to lap sit. The tough part was

strangers. They would think he was cute. this was before his sensory stims

went nutz with puberty so they were thinking " what a cute kids with downs " .. The

stranger would allow me to redirect him to hand shaking instead.

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> > > : As a parent, I too would be concerned. When my son was aninfant

> > > and toddler, I was so inexperienced with DS let alone ASD, that I just

> > > figured all his stranage behavior was caused by the DS. IT took many

years

> > > (and I soooo regret not having the dx earlier to help my son) that his

> > > behavior became magnified by repition and longevity.

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