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Anyone else's child argue/ say the opposite of EVERYTHING, like a compulsion?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 458151" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Hi Carol. Welcome. You sound like you've been through the wringer and then some! It would be good to get to know you more in your own thread.</p><p></p><p>Your description of your son's behaviour is just one more example of how kids on the spectrum CAN have good imaginations and creativity.</p><p></p><p>With the nonsense words - perhaps this worked for us because difficult child 3 was hyperlexic and therefore words and numbers were important to him, but even when he was very young (and still struggling with language delays) we used the dictionary to study the origin of words. We encouraged him to look up words and glean the relevant information from the dictionary to work out the etymology. That could be a way of helping your son over this. I'm wondering if he had any language delay - finding a nonsense word sounds like an attempt at injecting some fluency when you otherwise are having problems finding the right word. What can work is helping him rehearse a more comprehensible phrase that he could have used instead. But don't push too hard on this, it may simply be a matter of giving him time.</p><p></p><p>Alternatively you could make a game of trying to work out what the meaning COULD be, for the nonsense word he makes up. Again, use etymology to assist, but also make it clear that this is also an exercise in imagination and creativity. Our Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids are capable of this but do need a lot of help and practice in this skill.</p><p></p><p>An example - Douglas Adams, I think it was, wrote "The Meaning of Liff" where British place names were given alternative meanings."Didcott", for example, was claimed to be the little piece of cardboard created when a bus conductor hole-punches your ticket. And "Spittle of Glenshiegh" [sp?] was claimed to be the little puddles found on the castle floor the morning after a bagpipe players convention. Or similar. So you can have fun with this. And never forget, many words in common usage today were actually invented by Shakespeare. "Bubble" is just one example.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 458151, member: 1991"] Hi Carol. Welcome. You sound like you've been through the wringer and then some! It would be good to get to know you more in your own thread. Your description of your son's behaviour is just one more example of how kids on the spectrum CAN have good imaginations and creativity. With the nonsense words - perhaps this worked for us because difficult child 3 was hyperlexic and therefore words and numbers were important to him, but even when he was very young (and still struggling with language delays) we used the dictionary to study the origin of words. We encouraged him to look up words and glean the relevant information from the dictionary to work out the etymology. That could be a way of helping your son over this. I'm wondering if he had any language delay - finding a nonsense word sounds like an attempt at injecting some fluency when you otherwise are having problems finding the right word. What can work is helping him rehearse a more comprehensible phrase that he could have used instead. But don't push too hard on this, it may simply be a matter of giving him time. Alternatively you could make a game of trying to work out what the meaning COULD be, for the nonsense word he makes up. Again, use etymology to assist, but also make it clear that this is also an exercise in imagination and creativity. Our Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids are capable of this but do need a lot of help and practice in this skill. An example - Douglas Adams, I think it was, wrote "The Meaning of Liff" where British place names were given alternative meanings."Didcott", for example, was claimed to be the little piece of cardboard created when a bus conductor hole-punches your ticket. And "Spittle of Glenshiegh" [sp?] was claimed to be the little puddles found on the castle floor the morning after a bagpipe players convention. Or similar. So you can have fun with this. And never forget, many words in common usage today were actually invented by Shakespeare. "Bubble" is just one example. Marg [/QUOTE]
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