She LIED! Man o man, this one might pass the Theory-of-Mind test, now!  The pencils in the candy box one ...? She was sent to the SpEd room to see if Mrs. M. "Needed her," looked in the room, SAW her, and went back to her class (they were watching an isects video!), told Mrs. D., "She was not there." She got caught out, of course, had to write up a think sheet on what happened and what she would do next time ... Woo HOO!  She LIED! Congratulations! I find my pride in this SO amusing ... too nuts.  Her teachers thought was nuts for beign excited, of course. She has lied, a few times, before, but this one was so obviously a Theory of Mind thing ...  That's fabulousCongratulations!  A weird world we live in, huh, when parents are happy when their kids lie.  Lots of weird milestones to mark on one's calendar. Hah! You guys crack me up! Of course, this was the same SpEd  teacher who ^&%#4 sent home a "Please look at this," note, when she was not cooperating ... tee hee. That is so great! I love it when their little minds work so well, although for figuring out bad stuff or how to get out of "chores" My son will do anything to get to play with the phone (which is a no-no), so lately he is pretending he wants to play with a car, bring one to keep us busy, then zoom to grab the phone, all the while laughing naughtily LOL!  That so wonderful! Too bad you cant reward her!     I remember being so overjoyed when Sarah threw the mother of ALL tantrums because she didnt want to leave a bookstore....she never wanted anything. I was so proud.  Okay, nobody on the planet but US thinks this is wonderful!  Its like when your kid grabs a handful of buttery mashed potatoes and says Hey Bobby! and slings the stuff across the table at her sibling. And you're like - no sensory defensiveness on the potatoes!  Great social interaction!  Wonderful motor planning!  Beautiful gross motor skill! Congratulations to the little fibber!  That is great!! That's absolutely great!  Here's to more great lies (JK, I think??).  Really, I share your excitement! Congrats!  As everyone has stated above only WE understand the joy in this! Congratulations!  This is indeed a positive developmental step. Only other parents of ASD kids would understand that, so thank goodness for this forum.  My son, who is 17, started lying pretty regularly about something and I still haven't corrected him because I'm so glad.  I keep sodas in the trunk of my car and he knows it.  I don't want sodas in the house staring him in the face reminding him how much he wants one.  A couple of months ago, in the pitch dark, he got out of his pj's, got dressed and opened the front door to go out.  I asked him what he was doing (knowing full well what he wanted) .  He told me he was going out to look at the stars!  I was so happy, I let him (he drank the soda outside, too, so he not only lied but was devious).  A week or so later, he went outside early in the morning.  My husband wanted to see what his excuse was this time. Yep, he was going out "to look at the clouds"! Ditto to what everyone else said! That is awesome!I love it! Good for T!
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