Concrete World

Arriving only 3 minutes late to church yesterday, the lady at the check in desk asked Luke; “While mom is signing you in do you want to fill out your name tag?”

His reply was simply “no.” So, in a hurry, I filled out the name tag while telling him that this was a nice way of telling him to.

That evening, my husband, Don, asked, “Luke would you carry in some tools from the back porch?” Luke’s reply to the question was “no, I’m going outside to play.” I immediately saw the realization in Don’s face that he should have told him to do it. Luke with Asperger’s, takes things, speech, literally.

Concrete

I do not mean to be mean
As the world perceives
By giving direct commands.
They think this way, you know
In black and white
And shades of grey, sometimes
This is how some understand
How funny is it?
For this way, he also sees

Hope to see you at the Southeastern Washington Autism Conference, August 6-7. Held at the Three Rivers convention Center in Kennewick, Washington. Award winning Michelle Garcia Winner, PhD and author Dr. Dawn Prince-Hughes, PhD will be presenting. For more information go to www.Spectrum TrainingSystemsInc.com