Jimjams, please can you point me in the direction of your research.

[milou2]

What you wrote on the other thread is ringing loads of bell with me about my 2 children. Also about myself and my husband. No wonder we each get upset and pressured if one of us suggests something and the other has not the remotest wish to do it.

Sorry missed this. Which bit do you mean? My research is on children who are at the severe end of the spectrum so probably not going to be relevant to you or your dh..... (I will happily point you in the direction of it if you want though!)

Hijack alert

JimJams

saw paed assistant at statement meet today

school are now describing a typical ASD kid but Paed still feels sense of humour is contrary to Dx.

Any chance of any links of anything exists out there?

he doesn't get jokes (even though apaprently understanding age now right up)- just teasing poeple etc, sort of thing your son does really

Sense of humour contrary to Dx? Many of us do have a sense of humour. Goodness me, we do. Often an absolutely fantastic one because the world seems SO silly to us, though a lot of jokes take a lot of thinking about if they're social situation ones. Young ASD lad of a friend of mine was round the other day for tea with the family, and had me in tears of laughter with his collection of puns and comments about people, and vice-versa. Both of us are fully Dxd as ASD.

Erm can you ask me in a year peachy. Sorry not much use. Should have something published in some form in a year's time (have plenty of video etc it's just not written up/fully analysed yet).

Think the paed has very little hand on experience tbh if he/she thinks a SOH scuppers an autism dx.

www.wrongplanet.net/postt52522.html

General discussion by those with an ASD about humour

will look at that ta amber

jimjams thats ok, she adnitted today she could only dx crytal clear cases (after 3 years we are told!)- trouble is the waiting list for only one in ur coty able to do ados is 18 months.

the school admitted today no pointing, no non verbal commnication, no social interaction wanted (will respond if approached but just as happy to sit alone on a bench), routinre based.... is that not typical

(sorry am ranting LOL)

My DS1 always had a brilliant if quirky sense of humour.

I took him to a wedding when he was 3 3/4 and he laughed so hard at the best man's speech I thought he was going to fall off his chair. He had everyone else in fits too, it was the most successful best man's speech in wedding history.

I'm not able to think of anyone I know with a Dx who hasn't got a sense of humour. I met up with another lady with a full ASD Dx a couple of weeks ago, and again we were in tears of laughter over lunchtime at things that were just SO funny, like the names of the dishes on offer. Not sure the waitress understood our humour, but we did.

amber I did some media training on Monday (mwah mwah) and I was talking as part of that about autism and sense of humour. Someone came over to me afterwards and said that her SIL was severely autistic and she knew exactly what I meant as she was really tuned in to being able to tease and get everyone going.

I do love the (mwah mwah) bit, too. We share an office building with 'media types' and their tendency to greet each other with a lot of air-kissing and arm waving is a source of great interest to hubby and I but they're jolly well not doing it to us