Saturday, June 27, 2020

More Dada Moments With Autism

"What just fell out of me ... brain tubes?"

Say WHAT?

James clarified this was not actually the case, relieving his mother's anxiety. But not the perplexity.

Often James' inner dialog becomes an audible monologue. At best, it's confusing with an occasional delight of Dada.

At it's worst, it's the unconscious zingers driven by emotion and tempered with nothing. There are no filters and it has caused trouble at school, social groups, and with his sister.

The only occasional silver lining is that if I listen, I can get a bead on what is going on with James without discussions that are often frustrating, because the topic is abstract, and James does not want to get into trouble.

It's also better than a nannycam - because if he's been watching rant videos on YouTube, it comes out, scripted, in the monologue.

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