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sen autism asd communication wash mirror hands message PMC You could call that a sign of an impaired sense of social relatedness with the self, as the researchers did, or you could call it a sign of a robust, healthy curiosity about the physical environment! level, o J Pediatr. Would've ruined their entire study by undermining their central assumptions.Equating sense of self or self-awareness with the mirror test also seems very flawed. (Also, good luck with your driving exams, if you're still pursuing that --- I can't really offer advice there, since I've determined that I just can't think fast enough, or multitask well enough, to be a safe driver.). preference or aversion for smells / tastes / textures, Unusually Unusual attachment or obsession with startle or panic response to both expected and unexpected social interaction. 2006;71(2):vii-166. stiff or awkward movement patterns with rigid protection stances, Unusual @Anonymous: This was exactly what I would have pointed out if you haden't before me, I'm not sure I would have removed itIt is very troubling to see the assumptions these adults have of the atitude that a child should have in this situation and that they keep this assumption at this point while they are workink with neuro-atypical children!I would probably have asked myself why someone putted it there and what I was supposed to do. Actively We observed behaviour in the mirror in 12 pre-school children with autism, 13 pre-school children with Down syndrome (DS) and 13 typically developing (TD) toddlers. Use They also spent more time watching themselves, relative to other actions, than either of the atypical groups. Unable to function without specific order But I was also always being told not to stare at people's faces, because it was rude. If they removed it, they were said to have passed the. You'd think someone would be more likely to try to establish a rapport with something they believed to be another person, rather than with what they knew was only an image of themselves. "Autistic children learn quickly that their natural ways of speaking, acting and relating to people are wrong, so they might well adopt a more passive social posture until they've seen enough to know what's expected of them.

Compared with the other groups, the autistic children spent a lot more time looking at objects in the mirror. o "The typically developing children also did not show any relationship between MSR and social-relating behavior toward the mirror: whether they recognized themselves or not, they were just as likely to act as if their reflection were a social partner or an audience, as opposed to just a reflection (which is how the autistic children tended to treat their reflections, if indeed they recognized them as such). However, contrary to what you might expect given the common wisdom about, The autistic children also differed from the other two groups in what kinds of things they, Children with Down syndrome also spent more time watching their reflections if they failed the MSR test; the typically developing children spent about the same amount of time watching themselves whether or not they seemed to know they were watching themselves. o o of knowledge on limited, usually non-childhood interests, o The panel on the left shows the amount of time (expressed as a percentage) that the different groups of children (autism, Down syndrome and typically developing toddlers, each subdivided into passers and failers of the mirror self-recognition test) spent looking at their own faces. syndrome is often regarded as the mildest form in this MeSH The children with Down syndrome tended to do *more* social relating with the reflection if they passed the MSR test, which seems counterintuitive to me. use of peripheral vision to view objects, Exaggerated descending stairs (unable to talk while climbing stairs, always leading with (Oh, well --- like I said before, I'm no developmental psychologist! I Think I'm Finally Starting to Figure ResearchBlo New Open-Access E-Journal: Molecular Autism. communication of wants or needs, o Eur J Dev Psychol. I Seem to be Getting More Autistic! intellectual development and more interest in social/peer interaction and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) lists Aspergers Syndrome o I spent hours looking over it with my father's magnifying glass, and actually looked behind the mirror gently, to check. o @Leah Jane - hah, that's awesome. Mirrors will trigger major distraction for my son as I've noted in several of his classes (karate, yoga etc..) One of my guesses is that mirrors actually create DOUBLE "visual clutter" in a room. Inability o anxiety with uncontrolled physical movement or placement of their head, Unusual o intensity in response to internal stress or external/environmental activity (touch/clothing fabric/texture), olfactory (smell) and gustatory attachment to inanimate, often non-toy objects. language development followed by a sudden loss or lack of progress in the previously initiating, maintaining, and ending conversations. --- than yours, which is more about knowing what kind of person you are and what's important to you. Limited gesturing or other non verbal It wasn't until I was older and in my first physical science class that I figured it out. walking preferences involving specific areas of the foot (balancing or perching flapping, head shaking), o I see it as more of a prop or a tool. They would look in the mirror, and would experiment with it (i.e., doing things to see those things reflected back to them, using the mirror to look at things behind them, etc. or take turns), Unusual Inability can alter the meaning of speech (sarcasm, irony, humor, emotion, etc.,). children, o Also on a tangent, how much I rely on smell to tell how people are feeling and feel warm towards people, makes me wonder how animals that communicate mostly through smell could have a mirror self-recognition test. space. to understand or engage in abstract or imaginative play, o - Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World without Rape, Mary Wollstonecraft - A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Natalie Angier - Woman: An Intimate Geography, Nawal El Saadawi - The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World, Shulamith Firestone - The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution, Susan Bordo - Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture and the Body, Susan Brownmiller - Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape, Susan Faludi - Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, Andrew Goliszek - In The Name of Science: A History of Secret Programs, Medical Research and Human Experimentation, Ann Fessler - The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. 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Bookshelf o all activities of daily living. Inability Use of vocabulary and context well to understand or engage in interactive communication or play (sharing objects Avoids, rarely initiates, and seldom Unable to correctly read or use body Unable to understand or respect personal Unusual Unusual subtle differences in speech tone, pitch, and accent that can alter the meaning routines or arrangements, o to interpret or use subtle differences in speech tone, pitch, and accent that Hi , I have ASD & have been trying to find info about my inability to use mirrors in relation to a driving license. don't disturb other children. o use of vocabulary and context well advanced for age. distress to certain sounds, smells, tastes, &/or textures. anxiety with uncontrolled physical movement or placement of their head, maybe the kids with Down Syndrome haven't seen a lot of faces that look like theirs, and they were excited. I am not my image. The children with Down syndrome tended to do *more* social relating with the reflection if they passed the MSR test, which seems counterintuitive to me. delayed motor development, especially for balance and fine motor tasks, Unusual Difficulty starting, maintaining, and 2008 Aug;65(8):946-54. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.65.8.946. avoiding and resisting imposed physical contact, Unusual acquired skill, Inability use of peripheral vision to view objects, o Jean Kearns Miller - Women from Another Planet? Self-Recognition and Emotional Knowledge.

1), Lisa Appignanesi - Mad, Bad and Sad: Women and the Mind Doctors, Robert Minor - Scared Straight: Why It's So Hard to Accept Gay People and Why It's So Hard to Be Human, Roy Richard Grinker - Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism, Employment Issues in Autism: Executive Summary, Employment Issues in Autism I: Finding and Holding a Job, Employment Issues in Autism II: A Look at the Literature, Employment Issues in Autism IV: Recommendations, More Disagreeing by Diagnosing: the Aspie-in-Chief, American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT), British Psychological Society Research Digest Blog, Child Psychology Research Blog (formerly Translating Autism), No Stereotypes Here - Neurodiversity Activist Blog, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN), The Voyage: Life with autism in Northern Ireland. Inability Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. language and other non-verbal communication. FOIA Using Spatial Metaphors to Describe Autism, Things You Don't See Every Day: Discussion of Sexism in Superhero Comics. Unusual 2010;70(2):131-40. on toes, sides of feet, or heels), Significant I have all sorts of trouble figuring out where things are in space, too --- in particular, I've never been able to tell left from right.Your theory about some of the kids maybe having similar issues --- seeing their reflections and being confused by the fact that they're flipped around --- also sounds plausible.