Guest guest Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 My 4 year old son dx global apraxia/dyspraxia, recovered from autism (officially lost diagnosis last October) has started perseverating on time. He asks " What time is it? " all the time. He used to meet people, shake their hand and tell them his name and converse with them somewhat. Now he asks them " What time is it? " He also is always spewing out numbers. I will try to ask him how his day went at developmental preschool and he will say something like: " Hmmm, we did art, writing, it's gonna be 1,000 10 525 tomorrow. It's gonna be 2,000 percent tomorrow. And 19 23 57. " He does the same thing when he answers the phone. Until three weeks ago he'd say " Hello. I'm TJ. I'm playing with my (name a toy here). Here's mom. Good Bye! " Now it's " What time is it? It's 100 26 9 56. Tomorrow it will be 5,028 degrees. Goodbye. " He runs to look at clocks all of the time at home. He comes in from swimming in the pool just to see what time it is about every five minutes. It's the worst case of obsessive/compulsive behavior I have personally ever seen. Has anyone ever had this kind of perseveration before? I have tried to redirect his attention, get him interested in all kinds of things, all to no avail. Evidently, he does not do this clock and number THING at school because they were clueless when I mentioned it. Should I schedule him back with his psychologist again? Do kids you recover from autism go back? Thank you for any clues, ideas, or just encouragement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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