Her world is very concrete, with very few shades of gray. "The cat is dead." "Oh, okay."
Strangely, it makes her very hard to punish. We aren't spankers, as a rule. Taking away privileges or belongings used to be effective, but as the autism has grown more pronounced, that's lost its threat. "Katie, if you don't put that away, I'll take it." "Okay, here." There are few possessions she wouldn't turn her back on.
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Date: 2009-04-08 21:56 (UTC)Strangely, it makes her very hard to punish. We aren't spankers, as a rule. Taking away privileges
or belongings used to be effective, but as the autism has grown more pronounced, that's lost its threat. "Katie, if you don't put that away, I'll take it." "Okay, here." There are few possessions she wouldn't turn her back on.