Guest guest Posted May 17, 2002 Report Share Posted May 17, 2002 I Know exactly how you feel Jacquie!!! Recently ,Andy has started saying " HIYA " to everyone we pass in the street. Most people answer him back :-) However the other day ,we were walking down the lane to go and get Lyndsey from school. There was an old man in front of us .So Andy runs up to him and shouts " Hiya! " .Then he takes the old man's hand and continues down the lane (my jaw is on the groung now!!!) .We get to the school and the old man says , " nice meeting you young man ,but I'm not going to the school ,I'm going to the post office " .I thank the man while explaining about Andy's autism .He says that I'm very welcome ,his great grandson is autistic and he could tell straight away about Andy.* I think I'll take this man to the autism team with me ;-) * Any way ,we say good bye and Andy and I go into the school , Andy notices the old man has gone ,and starts screaming *BACK HERE ,BACK HERE!!!* after the old man!! LMAO !!! Ali > > has suddenly (and often embarassingly) become aware of the people who surround him in any given place. > > I used to wish he'd be friendlier to people. Now I wish he'd be a little LESS friendly! > > <sigh> > > Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2002 Report Share Posted May 18, 2002 Jacquie, He is really moving right along with his interest in people and his observations! That is great. I know what you mean about saying embassing things though. Greggory sounds mu7ch more shy than but there are still times he says things that make me want to find a rock to crawl under. We live in a rural town and there are alot of cowboys here and so everytime Greggory saw a man with a cowboy hat he would say " Look! Its Woody! He's a cowboy! " LOL And he pointed out everything different about everyone. I just kept reminding him that people are different and that we shouldnt talki about all the differences all the time. He now understands when he has hurt someones feelings if I tell him but that upsets him very much and usually he cries about how he was mean. ~sigh~ Oh, well. Good luck with teaching how to be polite. Jacquie H > > has suddenly (and often embarassingly) become aware of the people who surround him in any given place. > > Crossing the parking lot of the mall, he saw an old man. He immediately bent over and hobbled along, saying to me, " Look! I'm an old old grandpa! " > > In the pet supplies store, he wanted to see the cats that live in the store but couldn't see them immediately upon entering. He immediately accosted a customer, an elderly lady, saying, " Hi! Where are the cats who don't run away? " She, taken a little aback but handling it gracefully, told him the orange one was by the back door. As he scooted down the aisle, he yelled, " thank you, old lady! " > > At the health food store, he walked immediately up to the owner and said, " Hi. I'm . I REALLY need to go potty. " > > So after I got home, I called my mom and once we were done laughing, she started trying to find a way to explain to him that calling an old lady " old lady " was not polite. But I said, how on earth do you teach an autistic kid that it hurts people's feelings when you call them what they are??? I can't imagine that would make any sense to him at ALL. > > I used to wish he'd be friendlier to people. Now I wish he'd be a little LESS friendly! > > <sigh> > > Jacquie > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2002 Report Share Posted May 18, 2002 Jacquie, He is really moving right along with his interest in people and his observations! That is great. I know what you mean about saying embassing things though. Greggory sounds mu7ch more shy than but there are still times he says things that make me want to find a rock to crawl under. We live in a rural town and there are alot of cowboys here and so everytime Greggory saw a man with a cowboy hat he would say " Look! Its Woody! He's a cowboy! " LOL And he pointed out everything different about everyone. I just kept reminding him that people are different and that we shouldnt talki about all the differences all the time. He now understands when he has hurt someones feelings if I tell him but that upsets him very much and usually he cries about how he was mean. ~sigh~ Oh, well. Good luck with teaching how to be polite. Jacquie H > > has suddenly (and often embarassingly) become aware of the people who surround him in any given place. > > Crossing the parking lot of the mall, he saw an old man. He immediately bent over and hobbled along, saying to me, " Look! I'm an old old grandpa! " > > In the pet supplies store, he wanted to see the cats that live in the store but couldn't see them immediately upon entering. He immediately accosted a customer, an elderly lady, saying, " Hi! Where are the cats who don't run away? " She, taken a little aback but handling it gracefully, told him the orange one was by the back door. As he scooted down the aisle, he yelled, " thank you, old lady! " > > At the health food store, he walked immediately up to the owner and said, " Hi. I'm . I REALLY need to go potty. " > > So after I got home, I called my mom and once we were done laughing, she started trying to find a way to explain to him that calling an old lady " old lady " was not polite. But I said, how on earth do you teach an autistic kid that it hurts people's feelings when you call them what they are??? I can't imagine that would make any sense to him at ALL. > > I used to wish he'd be friendlier to people. Now I wish he'd be a little LESS friendly! > > <sigh> > > Jacquie > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2002 Report Share Posted May 18, 2002 Jacquie, I would love to know what he thinks when you try to explain it to him! Maybe you could try to tell him that if he doesn't know their name, he could call them Mister or Ma'am (or lady)? Just a thought. With mine, I try to ask them how they would feel, then tell them that it makes that person feel bad too. Although I already know how will answer that from your past posts 'I don't feel bad now so how should I know?' ;-) Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 19, 2002 Report Share Posted May 19, 2002 That is so great that he asked him to come back. Ben used to say Hi Dad to every man he seen....gawd that was embarasing...... --- alibalw wrote: > I Know exactly how you feel Jacquie!!! Recently > ,Andy has started > saying " HIYA " to everyone we pass in the street. > Most people answer > him back :-) > However the other day ,we were walking down the lane > to go and get > Lyndsey from school. There was an old man in front > of us .So Andy > runs up to him and shouts " Hiya! " .Then he takes the > old man's hand > and continues down the lane (my jaw is on the groung > now!!!) .We get > to the school and the old man says , " nice meeting > you young man ,but > I'm not going to the school ,I'm going to the post > office " .I thank > the man while explaining about Andy's autism .He > says that I'm very > welcome ,his great grandson is autistic and he could > tell straight > away about Andy.* I think I'll take this man to the > autism team with > me ;-) * Any way ,we say good bye and Andy and I go > into the > school , Andy notices the old man has gone ,and > starts screaming > *BACK HERE ,BACK HERE!!!* after the old man!! > > LMAO !!! > > Ali > > > > > > > has suddenly (and often embarassingly) become > aware of the > people who surround him in any given place. > > > > > I used to wish he'd be friendlier to people. Now > I wish he'd be a > little LESS friendly! > > > > <sigh> > > > > Jacquie > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2002 Report Share Posted May 22, 2002 My brother went though that phase too. He used to imitatemy father when he talked on the phone, laughed, or coughed. He even imitated my grandfather using the walking stick. When I told him that he shouldn't do that in front of my grandfather, he thought it was very funny and imitated him even more! Luckily, he stopped after some time. Vidya parenting_autism wrote: has suddenly (and often embarassingly) become aware of the people who surround him in any given place. Crossing the parking lot of the mall, he saw an old man. He immediately bent over and hobbled along, saying to me, " Look! I'm an old old grandpa! " In the pet supplies store, he wanted to see the cats that live in the store but couldn't see them immediately upon entering. He immediately accosted a customer, an elderly lady, saying, " Hi! Where are the cats who don't run away? " She, taken a little aback but handling it gracefully, told him the orange one was by the back door. As he scooted down the aisle, he yelled, " thank you, old lady! " At the health food store, he walked immediately up to the owner and said, " Hi. I'm . I REALLY need to go potty. " So after I got home, I called my mom and once we were done laughing, she started trying to find a way to explain to him that calling an old lady " old lady " was not polite. But I said, how on earth do you teach an autistic kid that it hurts people's feelings when you call them what they are??? I can't imagine that would make any sense to him at ALL. I used to wish he'd be friendlier to people. Now I wish he'd be a little LESS friendly! Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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