Had to share a great moment! | Autism PDD
Way to go!!! Those are the moments, like you said!What a smartie!! Maybe even a future lawyer!!
nakama
That is out of this world news.
But who knows - maybe TWO lawyers in the family? I guess if we ever have to sue to get ds any kind of insurance coverage when he gets older - that will come in handy! Hopefully that won't happen - I got him life insurance before he got a diagnosis and you can up it to 0,000 when he turns 21 without any health review guaranteed. As long as I keep making all the payments - he is good to go! Of course, when he turns 21, 0,000 won't get you much - but it's better than nothing...
I digress again...
Okay, so most of you have read about the 5 year old twins my ds has been playing with who live down the street from us (we just moved to a new town and the twins moved in a week later)...
Today, they were over and down in our basement playing with both of my kids. I was downstairs as well doing something with my dd. The twins started arguing because one wanted to go outside and the other wanted to stay inside. They asked my ds what he wanted to do and he said he was fine with doing either. The twins continued arguing. So, my ds INTERVENED and said, "Hold it! Hold it! Why don't we do a compomise?" (That is how he said it). One twin asked him what a "compomise" was. I started to explain, then stopped and apologized for interrupting and asked ds to continue on. He says, "A compomise is when we do part of what one person wants and another part of what the other person wants." WOW! You could have knocked me over with a feather as I had no idea he even KNEW that concept! He also explained it better and more simply than I would have!
The twins couldn't come to a "compomise" but it started raining so that settled that issue anyway.
I asked ds later where he had learned that word/concept. It turns out his old PT (from a year and a half ago) had made "compomises" with him in order to get him to do what she wanted and she explained this concept to him. After all that time, he pulled that concept out of his head and used it appropriately! Not to mention he was able to tell me who and in what context he had learned this from.
It is moments like this that just make your day (and help you deal with the other 23 hours and 55 minutes!).
Smart Kid! Yes, I'll say. Very smart, not just the word, but to try and be the referee. My 8 year old was asking me what compromise meant the other day. . Very profound and useful skill:) Congrats!!Way to go!
Mary
WOW, that is SO cool!
T has that kind of memory -- as if EVERYTHING happened yesterday!
I love that he really applied the concept correctly, and that young! That is so abstract and SO cool! He'll go FAR!
Bump !!! Again.....Amazing things that autistic minds are capable of !!!
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