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Sally Anne test

Justfour

Hi all. Do you know if this is used to test kids in their assessment? I read about it and did it with my 11 year old, just saying it was arest to see if she was creative or liked science. She failed the test. She then wanted me to ask everyone that was there to do it. Not wanting to make her suspicious  (we are waiting for an assessment so there has been no discussion about her possiblediagnosis).  I asked her sisters and they both said different to her, she then said oh, yeah it's basket (she said box) now I'm worried if they do the Sally Anne test in her assessment she will say what she thinks she should say, not what she actually thinks! Should I just tell who ever does her assessment what has happened? 

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  • OK OK Haythml....neurotypical is a general term for people who, even if not autistic, may face a wide range of other barriers to their lives, a point that those of us on the spectrum need to remember. Shyness can be equally socially crippling, although very specific in cause, and better understood by society. There are a lot of other conditions "non-autistic people" live with and suffer.

    Perhaps I should have qualified my use of "neurotypical" to mean the attitude rather than the individual. The medical/psychiatric world behaves towards us "neurotypically" lacking either real understanding (or any attempt at it, as they perceive us as not trying hard enough at something they think ought to be obvious and dead easy). I'd be stuck to use instead that this was just a "non-autistic person's attitude".

    What word would you prefer me to use to describe this attitude that makes it harder for us to get the support?

    And care - neurotypical may not exist but if you are going to be precise what is autism, really?

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  • OK OK Haythml....neurotypical is a general term for people who, even if not autistic, may face a wide range of other barriers to their lives, a point that those of us on the spectrum need to remember. Shyness can be equally socially crippling, although very specific in cause, and better understood by society. There are a lot of other conditions "non-autistic people" live with and suffer.

    Perhaps I should have qualified my use of "neurotypical" to mean the attitude rather than the individual. The medical/psychiatric world behaves towards us "neurotypically" lacking either real understanding (or any attempt at it, as they perceive us as not trying hard enough at something they think ought to be obvious and dead easy). I'd be stuck to use instead that this was just a "non-autistic person's attitude".

    What word would you prefer me to use to describe this attitude that makes it harder for us to get the support?

    And care - neurotypical may not exist but if you are going to be precise what is autism, really?

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