tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17425654.post7415857630147018439..comments2024-03-09T01:07:20.958-05:00Comments on Day Sixty-Seven: Reading in PicturesChristinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687586555108712164noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17425654.post-22268277289511224402013-11-03T19:39:22.436-05:002013-11-03T19:39:22.436-05:00Deborah, thanks for reading and commenting! Yes, I...Deborah, thanks for reading and commenting! Yes, I think that is precisely what they are doing. And yes, I think this is a huge hurdle for them. And also amazing and incredible!! Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09687586555108712164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17425654.post-85077491119863260522013-11-02T23:25:10.323-04:002013-11-02T23:25:10.323-04:00Just found your blog, and I want to thank you. I&...Just found your blog, and I want to thank you. I'm the mother of two children with autism, age 7 and 5. They are verbal, but not yet conversational. The other day my son was playing with cards with pictures on one side and sentences on the other. He had never seen them before. He flipped a card over to the sentence side for a fraction of a second and then said the whole sentence. He is obviously not reading word by word, but seeing the whole and then reading it. I wonder if this is like your son? It would be hard to hold a whole written page in your mind's eye...Deborahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17425654.post-39367111316940092972012-09-24T13:25:08.962-04:002012-09-24T13:25:08.962-04:00I see I've missed much here -- so many excitin...I see I've missed much here -- so many exciting things! I wonder if it's easier for Oliver if you read TO him so he's only exercising one skill at a time instead of both: reading + interpreting. Sounds like it's easier for him to listen and then immediately interpret (or make the picture in his mind). Fascinating that he is making pictures in his mind. That being said, I know my Sam finds it easier to retain non-fiction because it interests him far more than fiction. Is he similar?KALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15212441008066693103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17425654.post-17590768084615125842012-08-29T10:38:08.531-04:002012-08-29T10:38:08.531-04:00This is really interesting, and you do such a good...This is really interesting, and you do such a good job of helping Oliver share how he thinks. I wonder if any of Temple Grandin's books or talks would help shed some light on this? She does a good job of interpreting the way she thinks in pictures for us more left-brained neurotypical-ish folk. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17425654.post-63971583293374480032012-08-28T12:33:55.545-04:002012-08-28T12:33:55.545-04:00I cannot interpret this but I am struck by your ef...I cannot interpret this but I am struck by your efforts to understand and help Oliver explain himself. You are a scientist/analyst in the lab all day and all night.<br /><br />To a lesser degree we face this with Henry: when he starts all his angry/negative talk it is such a challenge to try to understand what is happening and why, to try to help him understand why he feels this way and how to conquer it, but also not put words in his mouth. I will say "are you feeling anxious because we are doing something that we've never done before?" (Canoing this weekend). Then he will parrot it back: "I'm feeling anxious because we're doing something new." But is that REALLY how he's feeling and why????<br /><br />I am so impressed with Oliver's ability to express himself and how his mind works. I think you will get there. Keep working on it.gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16104742026667801816noreply@blogger.com