Imagination

Hi I have a son who is 5 diagnosed with asd 

He's amazing and has an amazing imagination however....

His latest is that he was from another planet and that we are not his real family they live on his planet and if we don't get him back soon he will be stuck here 

He was getting quite upset that he couldn't get back so we showed him some pictures of him as a baby and showed him the solar system that these are the planets he got very upset but is now saying that his planet is in his imagination 

I worried did we do the right thing in bursting the bubble? But also he whole heartedly believes his imagination I'm worried that although it's a planet now could this become more and potentially more dangerous as he gets older? 

Just wondering is anyone else has had anything similar Blush

Thanks a very anxious mummy

Parents
  • You could try explaining what the imagination is, and then say that it was an interesting story and ask him to draw a picture of the planet, and then you could put it in a book for him. and say that imagination meant he was able to draw such a great picture. and that was positive. 

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  • You could try explaining what the imagination is, and then say that it was an interesting story and ask him to draw a picture of the planet, and then you could put it in a book for him. and say that imagination meant he was able to draw such a great picture. and that was positive. 

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