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Yeah, my son is Autistic. I believe his brain is inherently different. He learns things differently, forced to learn things himself because he lacks an instin
by ChrisClark 12y ago
Yeah, my son is Autistic. I believe his brain is inherently different. He learns things differently, forced to learn things himself because he lacks an instinct, like speaking.
Therapy is a way to teach him to interact and communicate with the world that doesn't quite fit his thought structure.
I'd say it's more than just teaching him how to fit in and appear normal, that's a side effect of teaching him how understand the 'alien' society he is in.
- lotharbot 12y ago> "his brain is inherently different" I like to describe it as though the part of my brain that would normally be processing one type of signal seems like it's been repurposed to process something different [0]. Social signals are incredibly difficult, but I can navigate complex structures in 3D space (think: levels in Descent or similar video games) easily. My son doesn't make eye contact, but he's 4 years old and can do fraction calculations in his head that my 10 year old students struggled with. [0] note that I'm not claiming a specific physical mechanism, just describing how it feels -- things other people find easy I find incredibly challenging and vice versa, as if they have a dedicated brain-area for task X and I have one for task Y.