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Asperger's/PDD

TudorGothicSerpent

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4. When I was a younger child, I had a bad habit of doing this...

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sun Dec 15, 2013, 09:49 PM

Dec 2013

I've seen this before, and I'm sure that it's a major problem with autistic children. I have to wonder why, from a psychological standpoint. Maybe autistic children are less easily restrained by fears of parental punishment, because they don't intuitively understand the emotional effect of their wandering?

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Study Shows Children With Autism Tend to Stray [View all] alp227 Oct 2012 OP

My, now 16 year old PDD-NOS daughter was hell on wheels Throckmorton Oct 2012 #1

Ditto Demeter Apr 2013 #2

One reason I'm a huge proponent mzteris Apr 2013 #3

When I was a younger child, I had a bad habit of doing this... TudorGothicSerpent Dec 2013 #4

My older son, who has Asperger's, didn't stray. SheilaT Dec 2013 #5

A little autistic boy died here not too long ago. leftyladyfrommo Oct 2014 #6

When I was little I was way too curious for my own good. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #7