Please remember to swich your oven off at the wall when your ASD child is playing in the kitchen

[Marne]

or any child really

Dd2 was in the kitchen for 1 minute as we got in from school ,i was taking dd1's shoes off, in that time dd2 turned on one of the rings on the stove which happened to have a newspaper on top, i smelt burning and then saw flames (phone was ringing at the same time) so answered the phone as putting out fire . All is ok but it could have been worse, i will make sure it is switched off at the wall from now on as dd is facinated with knobs and switches at the moment.

my ben can do that but even can from it being off at wall - he obviously watched and learnt!! shame he cant learn other skills as easily! good you smelt burning!!

Also, do not burn your naan bread under the grill so that smoke alarm goes off right outside your children's room when one is sleeping and the other is terrified of said alarem.

Oh no!
My 6 year old asd loves to 'experiment with ire, and 4 year old (autism) is fascinated by switches, knobs, opening and shutting doors, I caught him the other day about to put his finger into a flame that his 6 year old brother had helpfully lit for him.
Total nightmare!

loves to experiment with fire..

check your toddler has not put plastic pots and pans in the oven before you pre-heat the grill!

Hmm, not sure this is a particulary ASD thing. Been there with both of mine. DS is NT but still fascinated with knobs and is always turning on the hobs, the dishwasher, the washing machine...
Tclanger, thank you will now have that annoying Prodigy song going round my head for the rest of the evening (I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter...etc, etc. )

I've got to remember to turm my tumble drier off as DS2 has a habit of climbing into the drum (its rather large) and closing the door. He often hides in there and sings to himself.

my dd4 climbs into cupboards, what is it with small spaces? asd quirk?

once when we had come home from the park and i was trying to unload dd from her pram, ds ran in the house and slammed the door shut, leaving me outside with baby. by the time i'd got inside, i found that he'd made a beeline for the oven and turned on all the gas rings.

DS1 (NT) once locked me out the house when he was 2. I had to call the fire brigade to let me back in . When they smashed down my door DS1 was stripped off naked and dancing around the living room tooting away quite happily on his flute.

Sorry for the hi-jack, but in response to Drlove and small spaces. A fair few of the autistic children I work with like to hide in small spaces etc. A small enclosed space is a good way of getting away from noise and such like and a place that can be comforting and safe.

might explain why ds hides in the smallest kitchen Cupboard half the size of others but can be found in there playing with car

though we dont had asd label yet

I leave the knobs off our gas hob as ds (asd 9)will fiddle and try and gas us all. Its a bit of a nuisance to put them back on. He is also facinated by fire and candles and has a red scar (and burnt carpet) from experimenting with a candle.
Ds likes quishing behind doors and in small cuboards too. He likes (dry) hotel showers too and can calm down in readyness for eventual sleep.