Monday, September 21, 2009

Notes, Quotes and Thoughts. part 1

Notes on “Friendship Camp…” article by Alicia Chang
And thoughts based around those notes.


Note:
Person to person relationships don’t come naturally for many children and teens growing up with Autism.

Thoughts (based on this article and other studies):

1) One kind of interaction-

Shows the early development period of the child (from ages 0-3) engaging in more person to person interaction and imitation, also more engagement with the broader world around them and finding meaning in these developmental relationships, in these interactions. Interactions with television can become increasingly artificial in comparison with other relationships.

2) Another kind of interaction-

Shows the early development period of the child (from ages 0-3) engaging in more person to television interaction and imitation, less engagement with the broader world around them, finding meaning in person to person and broader world exploration (beyond the narrower focus of the television relationship) is more difficult and these personal/ explorative interactions can seem more artificial.

- from ages 0-3 and onward, the child becomes accustomed to more passive data-
gathering.

- from ages 3 and up, if language is acquired, language use becomes more so the
announcing of ideas (scripting), less reciprocal person to person social
interaction.

Quote from “Friendship Camp…” article by Alicia Chang:

“Whenever she [15 year old girl growing up with Autism] gets stuck in conversation, she tends to stare, making people around her uncomfortable. She doesn’t mean to be impolite − it’s just her way of watching and learning.”

-you will find that the link to the full article is under my August 31st blog, entitled "Heartwarming Story..."

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