Is this true? | Autism PDD

depends on the situation for us. If we're at home, the girls go nuts when someone comes over and are all over them. In public, they tend not to notice people as much.

Mine too.

Although, sometimes if I begin a conversation wit ha stranger in public, dd assumes they are like family ...

Ditto, and if he's feeling secure enough because I'm there, he'll often interact with them if coaxed to do so, but only on his terms.

My kids are very aware.

One of the professionals we are working with told me ASD kids do not notice (or if they do notice, just don't care) when new people are around them.

Is this true?

my son knows

Thank you for the replies everyone. It sounds like this is not true for most.

My dd is having developmental issues, and one of the folks we've worked with said no way is dd on the spectrum because "she knows I'm here."

That is such a silly statement to make by a professional. Blanket statements
like that are so wrong. Its like saying that all ASD kiddos are MR. I am so
glad you did not believe them.

By the way, my son always noticed and cared if someone new or otherwise
walked into a room. We actually had to work on it because he would
become so distracted. KathyK39331.5408449074Hayden notices strangers/new people although usually he reacts differently than other kids by getting all in thier faces and bugging them or becoming very agitated by thier presence.This may be more true with classically autistic kids than of PDD-NOS or Asperger's kids. It is what people USED to think about autism. Nowadays we know that there is a range of relatedness. If a person is saying that a child is not on the spectrum simply because that child notices people, the person is wrong. My son noticed EVERYTHING and he has had a medical diagnosis of PDD-NOS since 1996 and has been classified as Autistic in the schools.Yes, Maybe they meant to say "acknowledge" another persons presence, not notice. My kids often don't acknowledge someone in the room, but they notice. You should see how excited the therapists get when they do acknowledge someones entrance.My son notices but he might not respond to 'the stranger' in appropriate
ways. Most likely he will climb on his lap and talk about the universe.
I think it is true that most people with asd respond in 'socially unusual'
ways but it is the silly specialists who guess at the reasons like 'they don't
notice'.

both my boys are oblivious to other people

someone could sit down next to them and they would not even look up

and say they want to sit down on a chair and something is on it

they sit on ot ,they dont try to move whatever it then sit

they just ignore it like theres nothing there

they sit on top of trians videos all sorts

unless we get there attention before they just do not know we are there

more with sam than lucas

sam is very aloof

lucas is active but odd

so from my view yes it can happen

shell

My ds notices alright, and checks them out from the corner of his eyes. If they acknowledge him, he'll respond. Either way he acknowledges them by saying bye when they leave which is a relief to him.

Concernedpa.

Sadly there is wrong ideas on asd people since lots more is none now about asd as a whole. [QUOTE=foxl]

Mine too.

Although, sometimes if I begin a conversation wit ha stranger in public, dd assumes they are like family ...

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Lucky you! I get yelled at by my 11 year old for talking to strangers. He is convinced that every stranger is a kidnapper!