Aspergers/Autism/Sensory Integration Chatter #4

[Yeddi]

FJ - I wouldn't put the reversing necessarily under a visual processing disorder per se without finding out more, it could be an autism thing. They have a tendency to be very literal, so unless there are specific rules given as to why a b is a b and a p is a p, then a p is just an upside down b ITMS. When teaching letters, do they just say "a b looks like this and a p looks like this", or do they go into greater detail, like "starting at the hight of the tall letter, all the way down to the base line, then half way back up and around the clock face from the 9 to the 12 to the 3 and then to the 6, this is a b"?

The other stuff though could be visual processing or autism. I guess you have to work out whether it's because he's getting to much information from looking at the page and needs to have some of it covered to focus, or if he doesn't get the idea that the page is broken up into parts and is looking at it as a whole.

[*Efjay*]

FJ - I wouldn't put the reversing necessarily under a visual processing disorder per se without finding out more, it could be an autism thing. They have a tendency to be very literal, so unless there are specific rules given as to why a b is a b and a p is a p, then a p is just an upside down b ITMS. When teaching letters, do they just say "a b looks like this and a p looks like this", or do they go into greater detail, like "starting at the hight of the tall letter, all the way down to the base line, then half way back up and around the clock face from the 9 to the 12 to the 3 and then to the 6, this is a b"?

The other stuff though could be visual processing or autism. I guess you have to work out whether it's because he's getting to much information from looking at the page and needs to have some of it covered to focus, or if he doesn't get the idea that the page is broken up into parts and is looking at it as a whole.

GAH I DON'T KNOW! LOL I didn't realise it could be one thing caused by the other or something on its own.... crap. When he reverses thiings though its numbers also. So 3 are backwards for example. Not every time & you can see he will some times correct it. I noticed the 3 just yesterday, he started it the right way but then stopped & did it backwards. Maybe confusing it with an E? but also say fourteen will be 41 etc. He seems ok if there is no 1 involved with those sort of numbers (I think) its just seems to be the teens & if the number actually is 41, he may write 14. But if I really think about it, I think he mixes other number combos up also, just not as often.

Problem is though, the guy we seen in regards to all this didn't seem too convinced Evan has a ASD, Even after doing the tests & getting results that indicate that YES he has some issues. He questioned if it was the move interstate that had unsettled him. Ahhh no.. The move interstate is what finally got his problems recognised by someone other then me! But I don't think he believes me that this problems have been around for years & just no one would listen to me.

eta - Doesn't early intervention stop at 6 though?