To wonder how kids can watch the same film so many times

[KellyElly]

It's raining and my DD is watching Madagascar for about the 100th time. This is closely followed by Mickeys Christmas which we have watched about 99 times!

DS2 is coming up for 9yo and STILL watches the Heffalump movie at least once a week. I am more than slightly fed up with it now...

Ah, yes, he is Autistic, in NT DC's it usually eases off long before 9yo...

I'm on the autistic spectrum too. I actually really struggle to understand films if they're new to me (I have trouble with auditory processing) but get totally obsessed with my favourite DVDs. Always have been like that.

At the moment I'm having trouble sleeping (health issues) and am back to needing DVDs on in the background

I was previously anti tvs in childrens bedrooms until I had a child with autism!

Laying down watching a very familiar dvd/video is the only way my son can relax enough to go to sleep.

Hmm...fuzzpig...DS2 has APD as part of his ASD. Interesting.

I am going to pay good money at the cinema to see ET tonight, which I have seen many times.
I am very repetitive as a person though.

I've been on a real nostalgia kick lately so I've been getting loads of DVDs/books I loved as a child. So many of them I'm now watching/reading and finding myself saying "oh, so that's what happens!" because it's only as an adult I can understand the simple plot

It was similar with books as a child - I think I am probably hyperlexic which I believe is also common with Aspergers. Lots of pressure to read harder books but although I could read the words I never had a clue what was happening so I stuck with my comforting Famous Five type books. I find myself worrying about DD's understanding too, I don't think she has any ASD but I'm not sure she processes info very well. But she's only 5 so early days I think, and no concerns from school yet.

Amber - for me to sleep it has to be something I know inside out. Nothing unfamiliar! I wear glasses so can't see it, so I need to be able to imagine what's happening by my memory. I hate that I have it as a sleep aid, and mostly I've 'grown out of it' I suppose, but in times of stress or depression it is one of the first things to creep back in. A vicious cycle I'm sure. We only have one TV (I occasionally use the laptop upstairs but right now I'm on the sofa again) and thankfully my DCs show no sign of 'needing' TV like I have - I really hope it stays that way as I would feel really hypocritical trying to put a stop to it!

DD1 used to watch The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh, I actually liked it. She's now 14 bought some daft film on dvd last week and watched it six times in a row, and that was only on the first day .