I wonder what his world is like.
To not have any worries about life,money,health, family etc. His only concerns are whether his basic needs can be met by the person caring for him and whether there is a toilet he can access with ease.
To have the assumption that what you think and feel is what every other person thinks and feels.
To seek out stimuli that can give pleasure, but which is viewed with stark wonder by others.
To use toys in a non playing form. He likes regular Lego and Lego Duplo ( the larger pieces) but will not build a house, rather he'll collect four to five different coloured pieces ( at present - red,blue,yellow,green and black) and move them around on a shelf then stand back and observe them from differing angles.
He has never tried to play with toys appropriately and it is very hard to buy presents for him.
Sensory items such as bubble tubes can cost a fortune for a proper one. If we were to kit his room out with a few sensory items that we know he likes, we'd be looking at spending several thousand pounds.
When I watch him wombling about the house or garden I do wonder if he is bored. He doesn't seem to be, but as I will get no response from him if I were to ask, I will never really know.
To not have any worries about life,money,health, family etc. His only concerns are whether his basic needs can be met by the person caring for him and whether there is a toilet he can access with ease.
To have the assumption that what you think and feel is what every other person thinks and feels.
To seek out stimuli that can give pleasure, but which is viewed with stark wonder by others.
To use toys in a non playing form. He likes regular Lego and Lego Duplo ( the larger pieces) but will not build a house, rather he'll collect four to five different coloured pieces ( at present - red,blue,yellow,green and black) and move them around on a shelf then stand back and observe them from differing angles.
He has never tried to play with toys appropriately and it is very hard to buy presents for him.
Sensory items such as bubble tubes can cost a fortune for a proper one. If we were to kit his room out with a few sensory items that we know he likes, we'd be looking at spending several thousand pounds.
When I watch him wombling about the house or garden I do wonder if he is bored. He doesn't seem to be, but as I will get no response from him if I were to ask, I will never really know.
