Just enter your email address to subscribe to Forever in Mom Genes.Deb!!! Perhaps one of your friends, a literal thinker, is a great mathematician, while you are a poet. Please tell my your kids can be so literal at 8 going on 9 (or even older because it looks like we are in for the long haul ). Hi. She’s not live now.”If she asks for an extra big scoop of pasta and I say, “I hope your eyes aren’t bigger than your stomach,” she’ll say, “Nope. I might give it a go actually.You need to be a member in order to leave a commentAlready have an account? Literal thinking in a child with High-Functioning Autism (HFA) or Asperger's goes far beyond the concrete thinking that is associated with young kids or learning disabled children. 2.
It’s a recording of her from yesterday. I’m working on a book about literal thinking. I’ll reach out when it’s done! Can I pack a snack?” “What’s the matter? And well, going by some adults I know, never at all!POV I believe he as many Aspergers traits, it is just another thing that makes him who he is.My (now) 5 year old has not been so literal since she was 3, however our 9 yr old is still the way you describe your son.OK my DS (nearly 9) is still takes things so literally when we talk to him.It was in a group at school where they started by explaining about common expressions 'Hold your horses' 'Don't put all your eggs in the one basket' 'a stitch in time saves nine' and so on. !” Absentmindedly I said, “Oh sorry Avery, she can’t hear you.
How are you?? Thankfully I was quickly able to explain and turn it around. Are we driving or walking over it? Sarcasm just goes right over his head and he'll often answer a question so literally I find I have to explain what I actually mean in very precise language. DD isn't that literal. Avery saw her friend chatting away and excitedly called her name, waving enthusiastically. I’m glad she bounced back quickly – and that she verbalised what was on her mind so you could correct! Because what a ridiculous miscommunication. She’s not “live” in the video I meant. As an also very literal minded person, what helped me was the very deliberate explanation of these things, bearing in mind that it can take several instances of explanation of the phrase in different contexts for the meaning to stick. I'm not trying to worry you - it is an autistic trait.He doesn't have Asperger's does he?Just curious those children that take things so literally are they also very complaint? roflSo, again, apart from actual conditions, I guess some kids just learn this a lot later than others. It's easy!Otherwise, is it possible he's pulling your leg?IE his younger sister was saying she played a game on friends tramp where you have to jump and not let the car touch you.
Sign in here.Sign up for a new account in our community. DD on the other hand I am sure in her mind she is telling me to get lost but all that comes out of her mouth is NO! This is one of those times.
I’ll be addressing how to communicate as a literal thinker as well as how to communicate with a literal thinker when your thought process is different. And without direct instructions he won't get what I mean. However; the ASD child does not possess this intuition. Once she realised that not everything people say is meant literally she soon cottoned on to sarcasm and thinking outside the square.Ok, aside from possilbe conditions, some children actually need to be taught this.Oh, you know waht might be good?
Hi. When your child is highly literal there will be times when they misinterpret common expressions or figures of speech. My eyes are normal size.”Don't miss a post! SHE’S NOT ALIVE NOW? Her brain is just wired that way. Deb!!! These children have highly literal brains; they do not learn by intuition but by rote memory. Yikes.“Oh no, she’s alive!! I felt so bad. They think about each word you use, and each word you say. She’s perfectly fine. She’s just not there right now…” Her friend had gone LIVE on Facebook earlier and the replay of the video popped up on my computer. In addition, they tend to persevere in their first impression rather than … jumps up from what he is doing to do what he is told (98% of the time). In addition to celebrating differences, you should be compassionate and generous in your communication with a literal thinker. my son does! I promise! It’s me Avery!
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