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assumption of behaviour Aspergers syndrome
May 7 2010, 10:41 AM EDT
This is a post for anyone who works with youth especially with Aspergers youth. I am diagnosed myself with ASD and a trustee of a trust which supports ASD children in mainstream schools. Two area's which affect ASD children is in the social and communication area's. The children can often do things or say things which are often misinterpreted as a naughty acts . But from the child's perspective there was no intention to be naughty. One such incident, an ASD child told a lady that she was fat and needed a workout. The lady lashed out and after talking to the boy , I found his intention was to help the lady. His ASD logic and naivety drew him to the conclusion that she didn't know she was fat or she would be working out. He thought he was helping her by pointing out she was over weight then suggested she worked out for her health sake. However another ASD child I worked with always admitted he was guilty when he wasn't.. He was under the false impression that whoever was asked first was guilty. These types of situations are common with ASD children and when they are interviewed there needs to be a lot of care and listening.They need to have things explained to them well. One action by a teacher who made an assumption on me when I was a child caused me alot of grief and despair which affected me for years and broke alot of my confidence.As adults we should be role models and should lead by example. Excuses like my time is precious or it's too much effort are trivial in comparison to the damage to the child's self esteem and confidence. When they fall into these traps it's not there fault and we need to understand them and help them. . .
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