Do I tell my little boy he has autism? Please help

For young kids, it's better to help them recognise they have similar traits to other animals. Our hearing and sense perception is closer to a dogs - we can use smell better than most but not as good as a dog, but how magical is that. We can appreciate and learn to balance like cats, we're not as good as a cat, but again, it's a connexion not everyone has. Our senses are more intense, not super powers like superman, but they are pretty cool. 

A philosopher I like to read refers to our Human design as the Analytic design. The Autistic Analytic. A thing to be encouraged. We might be the technicians back stage while the NeuroTypcial design is better skilled for being on stage. 

When I think about key factors, I come down to intense sensory impact for lack of filtering, so it's always important to mind what I'm exposed to. This lack of filtering means I can be specialised with it in ways not everyone can (cheesemaking or risk management or botany). 2nd, I might have a wild imagination, be able to think in unique ways not everyone can. This imagination should be encouraged and nourished. It's important to find other representatives of thinkers and key humans with excellent imaginations. But also realise the mind can get out of control when excited which can turn to anxiety, like a power overload. So minding that it can be good to indulge in stories near bedtime. And last our laser beam focus... all kinds of analogies go along with this. If you help give this room to flourish, that focus can be a source of grounding and learning. 

I never really loved it when my mother called me unique or special. It felt isolating. Humans are made fro relationship if even just a few. In order to really understand ourselves we need to feel understood and connected. There is something interesting about the Autistic experience in always feeling too much an individual and desiring to be connected. The opposite can be said about Non-Autistics and the desire to feel unique and not just another number in the collective. There's a lot of psychology behind this, but this is the basic conclusion. 

For young kids, it's better to help them recognise they have similar traits to other animals. Our hearing and sense perception is closer to a dogs - we can use smell better than most but not as good as a dog, but how magical is that. We can appreciate and learn to balance like cats, we're not as good as a cat, but again, it's a connexion not everyone has. Our senses are more intense, not super powers like superman, but they are pretty cool. 

A philosopher I like to read refers to our Human design as the Analytic design. The Autistic Analytic. A thing to be encouraged. We might be the technicians back stage while the NeuroTypcial design is better skilled for being on stage. 

When I think about key factors, I come down to intense sensory impact for lack of filtering, so it's always important to mind what I'm exposed to. This lack of filtering means I can be specialised with it in ways not everyone can (cheesemaking or risk management or botany). 2nd, I might have a wild imagination, be able to think in unique ways not everyone can. This imagination should be encouraged and nourished. It's important to find other representatives of thinkers and key humans with excellent imaginations. But also realise the mind can get out of control when excited which can turn to anxiety, like a power overload. So minding that it can be good to indulge in stories near bedtime. And last our laser beam focus... all kinds of analogies go along with this. If you help give this room to flourish, that focus can be a source of grounding and learning. 

I never really loved it when my mother called me unique or special. It felt isolating. Humans are made fro relationship if even just a few. In order to really understand ourselves we need to feel understood and connected. There is something interesting about the Autistic experience in always feeling too much an individual and desiring to be connected. The opposite can be said about Non-Autistics and the desire to feel unique and not just another number in the collective. There's a lot of psychology behind this, but this is the basic conclusion. 

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