Thread by @Kaija_Rayne

Chp 15: THE FUTILITY OF A FLAT PAGE

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This woman is TERRIBLE at communication.

She treats Zack as if he's an unthinking piece of luggage.

She's talking about social stories here, then describing how he keeps biting her.

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When the plan changes it upsets Zack (Many autistics HATE changes in plans or routine, but we can learn how to deal with it given explanation and time to think about it.)

Instead, this woman doesn't seem to TELL Zack that something has happened to change
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plan.

She's describing how Zack attacks her in public when he thinks his hoped for adventure isn't going to happen.

Her humilation of 'the seemingly abusive mom'

being criticized by bystanders.

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Now. MY question is this. How many times has Zack been deprived of something that would make him AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME that he'll be deprived again?

Autistics... we're not stupid. We learn differently is all.

So what has she done to him, and how often, for him to automatically react that way, with rage that the plan has changed. How well does she communicate with him about it? (I'm guessing not at all.)

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Oh, and she IS an abusive mom. This book proves it.

It's so ridiculous. She flies into rages JUST LIKE ZACK DOES.

You'd think this person would be better at understanding and handling her own son. He's so much like her.

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She throws a temper tantrum and screams that the book is broken when Zack rips it. Then she goes around breaking all sorts of other things for almost half an hour to get the idea of 'broken' into his head.

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She ends the chapter with being astonished that real life could teach autistics more than the therapy.

But she continues the 'therapy'.

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