Re: does this happen to your child.. math?

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Wow, that is so Asperger’s You are NOT alone in this one,

!! My boy gets stubbornly hung up on pattern stuff like this ALL the

time

=)

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Behalf Of M

Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 6:02 PM

Subject: ( ) does this happen to your child.. math?

Everytime my son has several questions to answer - he gets caught up in the

order -- or non order of the letters that apply to the answers ...

If it's

A

A

C

C

B

He'll be annoyed that the next answer is B -- when the pattern (in his mind)

dictates that it should be an A

It's maddening to try to explain to him everytime we do homework -- that there

is NO order to the responses and that no one was trying to create an pattern

and he shouldn't get hung up on this...

Just hopin' where not alone w/this one!

LOL

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I never got annoyed with it, but I always noticed it and sometimes went by it when there was a question. But I was the opposite, patterns worried me and I wanted to change them.

From: rachelfran@...Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:31:53 +0000Subject: ( ) does this happen to your child.. math?

Everytime my son has several questions to answer - he gets caught up in the order -- or non order of the letters that apply to the answers ... If it's AA CCBHe'll be annoyed that the next answer is B -- when the pattern (in his mind) dictates that it should be an AIt's maddening to try to explain to him everytime we do homework -- that there is NO order to the responses and that no one was trying to create an pattern and he shouldn't get hung up on this...Just hopin' where not alone w/this one!LOL

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You are SO not alone on this one in our

house!!!!!! As writing has been an

issue I thought I was being clever and getting maths workbooks (we homeschool)

with number stickers for the answers.

The answer stickers were bright and colourful but they did not follow a colour

pattern when put into the sums – that was a massive disaster with tears,

meltdowns etc and those workbooks mysteriously disappeared into the night, some things are so not worth the fight! She also couldn’t cope with a page

of putting the answers at the end of the sum and then moving on to have to

figure the answers in the middle of the sum eg she went from “4 + 4 = ___”

to “4 + ___ = 8” even though she was very capable of doing the work

the different look of the sum caused a meltdown.

You are not alone!

a

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From:

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Sent: 21 March 2010 20:32

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Subject: ( ) does

this happen to your child.. math?

Everytime my son has several questions to answer - he gets caught up in the

order -- or non order of the letters that apply to the answers ...

If it's

A

A

C

C

B

He'll be annoyed that the next answer is B -- when the pattern (in his mind)

dictates that it should be an A

It's maddening to try to explain to him everytime we do homework -- that there

is NO order to the responses and that no one was trying to create an pattern

and he shouldn't get hung up on this...

Just hopin' where not alone w/this one!

LOL

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HA HA HA HA!! I'm sorry thats amazing. I love that! I know its hard and frustrating a times, but its one of those things you have to giggle at or it drives you insane. When my daughter was younger we would be out driving to do errands, and she would point out patterns in everything she saw. This was before I knew she had Aspergers and all I could think was "Do other kids do this??" Of course they dont but thats that amazing thing about aspies, they are always surprising you in fun and exciting ways.......when they aren't being difficult :-D (said in Jest, as I love my daughter very much even when shes difficult) On Mar 21, 2010, at 1:31 PM, M wrote:

Everytime my son has several questions to answer - he gets caught up in the order -- or non order of the letters that apply to the answers ...

If it's

A

A

C

C

B

He'll be annoyed that the next answer is B -- when the pattern (in his mind) dictates that it should be an A

It's maddening to try to explain to him everytime we do homework -- that there is NO order to the responses and that no one was trying to create an pattern and he shouldn't get hung up on this...

Just hopin' where not alone w/this one!

LOL

“Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” - Steve Jobs

[Guest guest]

You're definitely not alone!!In our case,,,,,it's OCD. Big time. Ugh.......................

It really is simple. Just treat others kindly and with respect.

Robin

From: M <rachelfran@...>Subject: ( ) does this happen to your child.. math? Date: Sunday, March 21, 2010, 3:31 PM

Everytime my son has several questions to answer - he gets caught up in the order -- or non order of the letters that apply to the answers ... If it's AA CCBHe'll be annoyed that the next answer is B -- when the pattern (in his mind) dictates that it should be an AIt's maddening to try to explain to him everytime we do homework -- that there is NO order to the responses and that no one was trying to create an pattern and he shouldn't get hung up on this...Just hopin' where not alone w/this one!LOL