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Looking for something I saw online once — Facebook reactions to lined up toys differing depending on autism disclosure

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SoManyTeeth · 22/01/2025 17:41

Wondering if this rings a bell with anyone.

I remember several years ago seeing screenshots purportedly from Facebook (parenting?) groups, showing people's responses to a photo of a lot of toys intricately arranged on a floor. (Coloured blocks, maybe?)

I think I saw the screenshots posted here, though it could've been somewhere else, like Reddit or Facebook.

Screenshot 1 was the responses when the photo was posted without any other information. The responses commented on how skillfully it was done, how long it must have taken, how great the kid's concentration must be, and how aesthetically pleasing the overall arrangement was.

Screenshot 2 was the same photo, but mentioning that the child had ASD. This time the responses were sympathetic, concerned, commenting on the child's lack of knowledge on how to play, suggesting therapies that could help reduce purposeless symptoms like this, that sort of thing.

Does anyone else remember this, and if so, have any idea how I can find them again? I want to show them to a parent I know who has a similarly creative autistic child and sometimes gets pathologising comments from people.

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