When you first start this journey there is so much information flying past you it is a miracle that you remember or retain any of it! Certain things seem to stick and I have come to the conclusion that it is because those things either make sense or seem to apply somewhere !
One of these little gems was the documentation about inanimate objects and how our kids don't seem to bond or derive any pleasure from the "typical" toys or stuffed animals; that they nstead prefer to attach themselves to "things" like jars or cans or brushes or any other item you can think of that would not necessarily be of any interest to a child--- Nothing colorful or frilly; soft or cuddly nothing that has an identity like an animal but just STUFF.
Even now at 24 I find this incredibily fascinating--
And just yesterday I walked back into the bedroom only to find an array of objects spread around the bed.
A plastic Banana Hair clip; a bottle of Moouse; a little box of floss; a comb;a spray bottle of febreeze; a dispenser for tape and some stick deodorant!
You cant help but have a little chuckle when you know these are unrelated other than they can all be found in the same general location.
An extension to this is that the items get transported from room to room.I cannot tell you how many times I have walked into the kitchen and I will see a toothbrush or I walk into the bathroom and a spatula has found it's way there!
Its really not a big deal; its just a part of Autism and I have to say there are so many other issues it is actually a part of this disorder that can be entertaining. Don't want anyone to think I am making fun but when you realize that this is a forever situation it is so important to take every opportunity to find the silver lining whenever possible!
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