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Literal thinking

NAS90001

Hi All, 

I am new here and looking for some advice as I am going crazy. My son is a sensitive wee soul and I think that he takes a lot of things to heart ( or personally). However the teachers at school see it as him taking things literally but I think these are completely different things - am I wrong ?

A few examples of them describing him as literal was 

He was helping the teacher and he made a mistake so she "jokingly" told him he was sacked and he got upset 

He once got upset before lunch the teacher asked him to wait in Class while she took the rest of class to lunch - she forgot about him and he sat there for the whole lunch . They said he just took it literally as no other kid would do this. 

Am I being stupid thinking these are not examples of literal thinking? 

He understands metaphors, the other day when we were in car there was a road sign which said roadworks ahead and he said "I sure hope it does" I panicked and asked him what meant "he said mum it's a joke - a play on the words" I feel like I am over analysing every small thing . 

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  • Less "literal" and more face-value I have found to be the case.

    NAS90001 said:
    He understands metaphors, the other day when we were in car there was a road sign which said roadworks ahead and he said "I sure hope it does" I panicked and asked him what meant "he said mum it's a joke - a play on the words" I feel like I am over analysing every small thing . 

    Lol brilliant. Mine understands sarcasm, which is also not typical of classic autism, but then it is a spectrum and we expect my son's ADHD assessment to also come back positive same as I'm autistic and waiting for an ADHD assessment because there are a lot of traits between us that are more ADHD than autism and it's now known the two can often go hand in hand and change they way each is expressed.

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  • Less "literal" and more face-value I have found to be the case.

    NAS90001 said:
    He understands metaphors, the other day when we were in car there was a road sign which said roadworks ahead and he said "I sure hope it does" I panicked and asked him what meant "he said mum it's a joke - a play on the words" I feel like I am over analysing every small thing . 

    Lol brilliant. Mine understands sarcasm, which is also not typical of classic autism, but then it is a spectrum and we expect my son's ADHD assessment to also come back positive same as I'm autistic and waiting for an ADHD assessment because there are a lot of traits between us that are more ADHD than autism and it's now known the two can often go hand in hand and change they way each is expressed.

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