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Date Posted: 10:05:41 09/25/07 Tue
Author: Dawn Jones
Subject: ASD symptoms
In reply to: Jen(KnCmama) 's message, "Question about Autism/Aspergers" on 20:46:14 09/05/07 Wed

It's kinda a combination of things for the ASD diagnosis. I would be aware and record your observations and talk to a doctor if you are concerned.

For us; Matthew lined things up sometimes but his deal was spinning and sets. I'd have to spend all day finding all the characters from a TV program playset for him to handle and he'd freak the whole time. He always placed them in his particular arrangement. Lord help the soul who moved them.

Having 2 brothers I never thought about lining up of the toys as a symptom. I mean, when it comes to things like cars and trains lining these items up is a natural form of play. Trains run on tracks single file. And cars travel on roads or park in lots-in rows. And having a military back ground people were always lined up in rows around me and in stores items were always lined up on shelves and in displays. At the library books are on shelves in rows. I could go on and on. I interpreted his lining up actions as an observant acurate replication of the world around him.

The waving pencil thing could be an odd way of looking at things. Rebekah likes to do that alot; she hasn't an ASD diagnosis. She is just fascinated by optical illusions. The waving pencil gives the magic illusion of a rubber pencil bending back & forth. My favourite is waving your hand in front of the computer screen. Matthew still loves that. Matthew only looked at things out of the corner of his eye - using only his perefrial (spelling?) vision. It was very difficult to encourage him to look head on to things. If I wasn't on his case I doubt he'd look head on at anything except words in a book. Eye contact with people is still a chore. Animals don't mind so much.lol.

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