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What does the task of reading that frog book test specifically?

Zuriiix

Hi I just did my ados assessment and was kinda boggled by the frog book and the behaviour it would reveal. During my assessment I just said stuff along the lines of “the frogs are going through the town, now they’re going across the rooftops.” Basically, pretty mundane. But the task was so straight forward im just asking what exactly the task tests you on? And if there’s anything different that an autistic person might do instead (not to generalise autism but out of curiosity). Yes I know I should just wait for my results but it’s ages away and I’m simply too impatient.

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  • I think it's looking for things like expression in the voice, facial expressions, gestures, pointing etc. 

    Honestly, I think it's an outdated test based on an old fashioned concept of autism based on one specific portrayal. Even more so for adults as many of us can put on a front to, for example, read to a child. So we may be able to do all those things for the sake of a book but not in other situations.

  • in reply to Expecto_Patronum

    Ohhh that makes sense. In my head I thought it was mainly about the content of what u said. Now that I’m thinking about it, I used zero gestures and went through it cordially. Since I was in a clinical room with an assessor I sorta just went through it like how you would explain something to a doctor. But I know for a fact if this was my house and I was explaining this to a child, I’d definitely go all the way with gestures and expressions. Maybe they did it this way to strip yourself of any context where you’d act and get you to express naturally? I have no clue at this point so I suppose I should just wait for the follow up haha

  • in reply to Zuriiix

    All best wishes  . double and treble think - seems familiar to me!  Being natural is a complex thing that perhaps ought to be the simplest thing in the world!

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