Guest guest Posted May 16, 2004 Report Share Posted May 16, 2004 Hello list members! Next week is National Autism Awareness Week.Today I had a very limited but beautiful conversation with my 10 year old son about autism! Roni has got severe communication and language difficulties,his spontaneous repertoire is limited and he finds hard to express himself.Anyway, my small table is always full of books on autism and this week I received some publications from NAS.Just my curiosity, asked Roni about autism. This is the conversation that I have had; Q:Roni, do you know what autism means( books, posters,brochures are on the table) Roni:Yes Q:What does it mean ? Roni: " Me " ( I heard the same statement a few months before when I was reading books on autism, I had asked the same question.The interesting thing is he repeated himself again ) Q:Can you tell me ..knowing that you have autism, how do you feel about it? Roni:Sad Q:Why? Roni: He stuttered a bit, because .......then he said " angry " Q:Why? Roni:because........Unfortunately he couldn't give me the answer.This conversation didn't happen easily,my perseverance attitude has got the result.I realise that he is growing! Last 6 months I work with him time to time emotions from Simon Baron Cohen's Mind -Read book.Since then he is expressing how does he feel better but he can not reason it.I don't want to give him ready prompt answers to choose, I want to hear his spontaneous response.How can I improve his reasoning? I wonder if anyone on the list have got similar conversation with their child, I am sure high functioning kids may express much easily how they feel knowing that they have autism. All the best Nevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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