Yesterday the postman bought be a jiffy bag from the lovely DJ Kirkby. This was my Pay it Forward girt from her. As you can see it was two great books and a copy of 'Shrek Rap'. The books are 'Ideas Above Their Stations' by various writers and 'Music of Maninjau' by David Green. They both look like good reads and I'm looking forward to them.
So now it's over to you. I expect you all know the Pat it Forward rules by now. The first three people to contact me on my comments page to say they want to receive a gift from me will be my Pay it Forward recipients. You won't owe me anything but you have to agree to Pay it Forward to three other bloggers when you get you gifts. So I'll wait to hear from you.
It seems I got the wrong end of the stick about autism and facial recognition. I can't remember where we got the idea that autistic people struggle to recognise faces. I know about the struggle to recognise expressions and emotins, I guess I assumed that meant faces in general. Saying that Jamie knows when we're smiling, and will smile back. And, when he was little, he would come up and touch my face when I was crying (bad post natal depression). But he either can't (or won't) acknowledge a cross or angry expression. Can this change? Can we 'teach' him to recognise emotion?
By the way Fiona I will post the synopsis for DV in the next day or two. I'd like the feedback.
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7 comments:
Yey! So glad you were DJ's Pay It Forward, as she was one of mine x
I don't have a blog so I can't do the first bit but I have heard (but haven't investigated) about books and computer programmes that are designed to help people that have trouble in recognising facial responses learn what they are. I think I also heard that a person with autism will protect themselves from negative emotions they can't process by totaly ignoring them and not reacting. It makes sense that something that is too overwhelming, like anger from another person should be what is blocked out.
I think you are right with your asumption that children with autism have difficulty identifying individuals through facial recognition which in turn effects their social development.
My son definately struggles in this department and he's 15 years. Also I remember reading Daniel Tammet has the same problem he told the interviewer that in approx. one hour after this encounter I will have trouble to remember your face but I will remember the colour of your tie for example.
Interestingly and logically a typical cartoon character (that never changes) give my son no trouble, he can spot them a mile away!
I need to stimulate my son's interest when we meet up with friends, little questions like what colour hair does your friend Andrew have? does he have blue or brown eyes etc. Do you think he has grown taller?
Sounds like a great package from DJK - isn't it funny how we bloggers all link up somehow?
Thanks for your comment on mine - if you ever possibly can (and know it's a long way) you shoudl get to ALan Garner's place - it is truly amazing......
I am rubbish at sending stuff on so don't dare do the Pay it Forward thing - but sounds like a lot of fun. jxx
Thanks for dropping by and leaving a message.
I'll have to take a miss this time round on pay it forward, although I think the whole concept is fantastic. Hey I am still only half way through Mulberry Gin!!
Maybe someone will remember me in a few months, the whole package looks really interesting and I'm really resisting hard, my right brain hemisphere is saying Yes Yes and my left side is saying No No you've got too much on now girl.
I've never heard of this Pay It Forward - mmm, must go and investigate
Hope you're keeping level
x
OMG Claire, I wanted to send you something forever ago and didn't. Bad rainbowmummy. hey I told eggs Dad I'd like to go to Cornwall and he said "it's beautiful there"!...
Don't be so hard on yourself, I have read about the face thing too, and had it done by Egg. As for emotions/feelings, Egg sounds like Jamie, doesn't like anger, not that anyone likes anger but he has only ever told us he was angry a couple of timnes, same with sadness and pain. Hopefully Jamie and Egg will learn how to accept these feelings. Egg'll have to with a mum like me xxxxx
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