Things Not To Teach a Five-Year-Old with Autism and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Weeding (unless you want all the plants cleared from your flowerbeds)
Washing up (unless you like to see the same four pans washed endlessly all afternoon)
Baking (today he put twelve eggs, a kilo of muesli and a bottle of Evian in a pan, mixed it up, brought it to me and said, “Cake go in hot!“)
Phoning? for help in emergencies? (the emergency operators now recognise our phone number when it pops up on their displays)
Painting and decorating (ever heard of the Forth Bridge?)
Making sandwiches (just like Mrs Doyle)
Feeding the pets (it takes a cocker spaniel nearly a fortnight to eat a whole crate of dog food, so there is really no need to open it all in one go)
I suppose the good news is he’s trying to help and interact. Maybe you should teach him how to scrub the bathtub? Or sweep?
Comment by Anne — February 21, 2006 @ 8:38 am
God loves a trier!
Comment by Liz — February 23, 2006 @ 12:52 pm
Slightly sidetracking. I work with a boy with ASD and extremly challenging behaviours, who has recently been taught wrestling techniques and pressure points!!!
Comment by MrJuggles — March 1, 2006 @ 8:55 pm