My dd with autism does not seem to care about making friends at all. She cries more when her Leapster is broken than when she had to miss her baseball game for not sleeping this weekend. Ever since her sister was born, her sister is enough friends for her. She likes being around other kids for an hour or two, then she starts misbeahaving so she can go home. I can't say she's an introvert because she is very open and friendly. She just likes electronic gadgets better than people.
I have read many kids with autism are this way. It's frustrating to me, because I was much more socially concerned at her age. What the other kids thought and their company really mattered to me. But to my dd, other kids are like assessories. She can take them or leave them.
I guess it is a good thing in a away my dd prefers to read books or do math or science over playing with other children. But it is odd to me, because I was not that way.
My sister's kids with autism are the same way. They are happy enough with just each other's company. No matter how much they are seperated and forced into social activities, they are still happier playing alone or just with their other twin. I can't say that this is entirely a twin thing, because I have been friends with one half a set of twins many times and they were happy having a large circle of friends outside their twin.
I'm not too worried about it, because I have read this is normal behavior for a child with autism. Because my dd could care less what other kids think, dresses as she pleases and brushes people off who are the social "betters", she is very popular.
I know there are several parents here who have children with autism. Does you child with autism blow off the social world in favor of other things?
I have read many kids with autism are this way. It's frustrating to me, because I was much more socially concerned at her age. What the other kids thought and their company really mattered to me. But to my dd, other kids are like assessories. She can take them or leave them.
I guess it is a good thing in a away my dd prefers to read books or do math or science over playing with other children. But it is odd to me, because I was not that way.
My sister's kids with autism are the same way. They are happy enough with just each other's company. No matter how much they are seperated and forced into social activities, they are still happier playing alone or just with their other twin. I can't say that this is entirely a twin thing, because I have been friends with one half a set of twins many times and they were happy having a large circle of friends outside their twin.
I'm not too worried about it, because I have read this is normal behavior for a child with autism. Because my dd could care less what other kids think, dresses as she pleases and brushes people off who are the social "betters", she is very popular.
I know there are several parents here who have children with autism. Does you child with autism blow off the social world in favor of other things?
