Mumsnet Moonwatch

Mumsnet Talk

"The country's most popular meeting point for parents" The Times
  Topics | Active | Search  
discountpartnersnew MEMBER DISCOUNTS Get a 10% discount from Boden (inc free delivery and returns). To see all member discounts, click here. Not a member yet? Join Mumsnet for free here. discountpartnersnew

Mumsnet TV

Tip of the day

Never ask a child IF they need the loo... moodlum

Quote of the week

CaptainNancy's (admirably succinct) family rules: "Don't be a dingbat/duffer. Keep calm and carry on. Dream big. Shut up and get on with it."

Recipe of the week

Carmenere's cinder toffee: sweet, sticky, made-in-five-minutes toffee squares that'll spark off a few 'yums' among the 'oohs' and 'aahs' of your little fireworks-watchers.

Follow mumsnet on...

TwitterFacebookYoutube

Mumsnet Talk


Start new thread within this topic | Watch this thread | Flip this thread |
Add a message

   Our SN area is not a substitute for expert advice. While many Mumsnetters have a specialist knowledge of special needs, if they post here they are posting as members, not experts. There are, however, lots of organisations that can help - some suggestions are listed here. If you've come across an organisation that you've found helpful, please tell us. Go to Parents with disabilities, SN teens, SN legal, SN education, SN recommendations.

Tell me about the first true lie your asd child said?

(15 Posts)
my ds does the no i haven't pooed either while walking off like john wayne

also if i say you have already had crisps he'll say no he hasn't but then a smile spreads on his face so he knows his lying he has done this several times with things

have you got my phone no then smirks i say yes you have he says i haven't runs off laughing to go play games on my phone
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 23:46:34
My son is 12..and has never lied. he can't even manage a useful 'white'one!!

He told the head teacher she had grey hair (she told him his hair was curly so he told her hers was grey!)..

I was away for 4 days with my own class and asked him if he missed me.. 'no Mummy'

He has asd and mod learning diffs.. and no ability to lie at ALL!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 22:28:09
I knew what you meantgrin.
I'm pretty sure DS2 knows he's done it - he just doesn't want me to change his nappy.
ooops i meant to say everytime HE 'd done one ! Not "i" !!! He he he...
Spill- gosh i had forgotten the poo thing! My ds would say "no" everytime i'd done one and i could smell it. And when i'd take his pants off and say "what's that then ?" he would have a shocked look on his face saying "how did that get there!"

I was wondering about the lie thing as my friend's little girl (NT) has the same age as ds and she lies fairly often when she knows trouble is brewing, but ds doesn't really usually when he does you can see on his face that he hasn't really understood the question.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 20:53:45
Me: Have you done a poo?
DS2: No!

EVERY time!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 20:41:58
G couldn't understand the idea of a lie for years.
When he was KS2, he'd sometimes say 'It wasn't me' but with no hope of being believed, it was more a case of hoping that the magic words would change the situation to a more favourable one. smile
Sometimes he wasn't lying, what he was saying came from a very specific and narrow viewpoint and he believed what he said was the truth. There was also the issue of perceptions, and how his often differed from the NT one.
Now he's a teen, he occasionally tries to pull a fast one, but his grin gives him away.
He used to practice trying to tell fibs to see if he could fool me. Practising to be like his peers.
He has also learnt the power of saying nothing if he's unsure, rather than tell a truth he knows may upset someone.Then he brings it home for me to interpret for him.
That's when he's firing on all cylinders of course.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 20:31:34
DS1 always lied, far more than tells truthg tbh

But tehre are give aways- I can spot it a mile off LOL

DS3 however is more typical (not lying isn't a specific diagnostic criteria of asd, just a common symptom IYSWIM)- he hasnt lied yet in real terms: untruths yes, such as he says DS1 hit me if he wants to comew down at night but it's kind of a code- same as when he says 'I hot' for when he is thirsty
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 20:25:03
He's 9 btw but has been trying it on for some time now.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 20:24:21
My ds will quite often pretend to be sick to get sent home from school. It's usually if he has a bit of a sniffle and he will really play it, he used to be very good at convincing his headteacher and getting sent home and then being perfectly ok for the rest of the day - school have got better at sussing when he's faking now though!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 19:45:52
Although my ds will lie when done in a jokey way, buy hasn't figured that telling a lie could actually benefit him at other times.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 19:40:22
My 9 yr old ds with HFA/AS doesn't yet lie, well not that I know of anyway!
I had a conversation with him the other day and gave him an example as to when it's a good idea to tell a little white lie, so I explained to him that if a large lady asked if she looked big in her dress, for example, it would be kinder to say that she looks very nice. He said 'but why say that when she must know you're lying because she must know she looks fat'!
when i asked ds to tell daddy a dragon broke the toilet seat it was me and ds is normally so literal daddy said no it was mummy wasn't it i was looking and was thinking his going to grass me up no it wasn't he said it was a big dragon

dp kept on that it was me and ds stuck to the story it was the dragon i was so proud lol
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 19:22:43
Jack is 14 and still can't tell a believeable lie.
His first lie was at 13 and he told me Drogba had been in school for PE. He had a spell of telling lots more unlikely stories but never realised that for a lie to work it has to be believeable and not told with a grin on your face.
He sees no need to cover his tracks tbh and I suspect that he thinks I know what he has done because he knows what he's done and he doesn't realise I would know any different.
Jack has moderate autism though so not sure if higher functioning children lie earlier or easier than Jack can.
It seems like asd kids do not lie or learn that they can cover their tracks with a lie later than NT kids. Is this for real? hmm
Add your message here
Message
Nickname:
Password:
To post a message you need a valid mumsnet nickname and password. If you have forgotten your nickname, click here for a reminder. If you are not yet a member of mumsnet, you can join here.

Emphasis: To bold a word, surround it with asterisks, so *hello* will display hello. For underline use _ , so _hello_ gives hello. For italics use ^, so ^hello^ gives hello. To strike out a word, surround it with two hyphens either side, so --dog-- gives dog

Links and smileys: To insert a smiley face,  , type [smile] or :)
For a big grin,  , type [grin] or :o
For a wink,  , type [wink]
For a shocked face,  , type [shock]
For an angry face,  , type [angry]
For an embarrassed face,  , type [blush]
For a sad face,  , type [sad] or :(
For an envious face,  , type [envy]
For a sceptical face,  , type [hmm]
For a I have nothing to say on this matter face,  , type [biscuit]

Links The simplest way to insert a link is to enter the link itself, surrounded by [[ and ]]. So if you type [[www.mumsnet.com]], the link will display as http://www.mumsnet.com. If you want your link to display text other than the web address itself, leave a space after the address then add the text before the ]]. So "Look at [[www.mumsnet.com this page]]", would display "Look at this page".
Shortcuts