Today at Daisies the girls were supposed to color a daisy based on the Daisy patches. Of course, my dd did not get the concept of coloring the petals different colors and the center blue. In her mind, flowers have yellow centers and the petals are all the same color. I know literal thinking is an autism thing and if I asked her why she did not copy the daisy patch, she would say "Daisies don't look like that." We run into this a lot with her. Everything must always be the way that it is supposed to be or it is wrong and wrong is upseting. Grass must always be green. Cows are not purple. Etc.
On the plus side, when she decides to learn something, she stops at nothing to learn it. Finally, she is applying this determination to math. I have been hoping for this break through.
How can I get through to her that sometimes flowers can have different colored petals in her imagination? She is very creative and she has an active imagination. It's just not like other kid's.
Fortunately, it looks like there is another kid in the troop on the spectrum. She gets along well with other kids on the spectrum. They just "click".
On the plus side, when she decides to learn something, she stops at nothing to learn it. Finally, she is applying this determination to math. I have been hoping for this break through.
How can I get through to her that sometimes flowers can have different colored petals in her imagination? She is very creative and she has an active imagination. It's just not like other kid's.
Fortunately, it looks like there is another kid in the troop on the spectrum. She gets along well with other kids on the spectrum. They just "click".
I have never liked painting/colouring things that weren't 'right' the best I could do was to add a rainbow in the sky. Heck I remember doing a colouring competetion using a magnifying glass to make sure I wasn't going over the lines, I was 6 at the time 
