Curious to know if your child with ASD likes/hates singing

[macwoozy]

I've often wondered why my ds won't sing and why he can't/won't tolerate my singing(although can kind of understand why that might be), Is it part of his ASD,(he has HFA/AS) or is it just part of his personality and a general dislike. In all his 8 years, I've only heard him sing very short bursts at probably no more than 5 times.

Just curious if this is typical.

Ds 3.8 ASD doesn't seem to understand singing. He can join in actions and doesnt mind people singing but has never even tried to sing along or hum.

ds (no dx but under assessment) loves singing and is one of those who accesses language more easily through song than speech. often feels as though we are living in a musical show; someone is always bursting into song

My ds (4.6 no dx yet but asd traits) has been funny with music (couldn't tolerate certain people singing, especially a certain kind of tuneless loud singing that some nursery children do), loves humming tunes himself and now loves singing and likes getting me to sing and is quite happy joining in with singing at his ms nursery now.

another one here who loves singing - dd1 absolutely lives for it. She sang before she talked, and still sings way more than she talks. Her singing is also much clearer than her speech (must be all the practise ), and she also has perfect pitch.

jimjams - that's interesting re: donna Williams. dd1 odes exactly the same. Either she sings or other people do, but very rarely together. She had a good phase over the summer which meant she ended up joining in with her pre-school concert, which was great, but on the whole she cannot sing whilst others are.

We had a lovely week a few weeks ago where, each bedtime, dd1, dd2 and I were all singing songs together, but it hasn't lasted. Still, maybe one day...

singing in bursts is often used by asd aspergers syndrome and high functioning autistics to stim.
if there isnt enough stimulation to add mroe and to bring order to chaos, sometihng simple like a song, they may hum while in the car and its because the car is adding to many sources of input.

the pitch and tone can also be an issue my adult asd son wont listens to more then a handul of songs as he says there chaotic. so that could be a reason

DS2 (aspie) has perfect pitch, loves to sing on the loo, but generally can't bear anyone else singing. DS1 (autistic) "sings" very loudly(and happily) in flat monotone and I have known DS2 to be physically sick because he can't bear it. Makes for great carol singing in our house this time of year!

DS has Asperger's and loves singing (I do too and also love singing). Sometimes we both like just quietness though, and singing can be irritating because it disrupts that quiet). Quietness is more important when we are concentrating on something as the noise puts us off.