Two autistic kids - the same size and playing the same game

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I was watching my son play with another child with autism who is a year older than him. The other child's mother always liked watching them play because they looked "normal".

I noticed it too today while the children were playing at the playground.

My friend said, "they are two kids the same size playing the same game. With an NT five year old, they would expect to play a more complex game. Our kids don't have expectations - they are just enjoying running around chasing each other"

On one hand I would like my son to "fit in" with NT children. On the other hand, I am reminded that he needs to be around other children who will just accept him as he is and be on the same developmental and chronological age as he. He needs to just have fun with someone the same size (and age) and be playing the same game.

It's nice to see the children smile and have joy in each others company.

That's cute.

Sometimes I wish I lived in a bigger area so that there would be a higher liklyhood of me finding someone or just anyone that isn't thinking only about sex. I like playing around to but what my peers think is fun, I think is lazy and pointless.

That must feel really good for your son. Just to play around, with no pressure.

I have identical twins, both Aspies, and they certainly don't always get along, but the times when they do there is a wonderful synchronicity between them that is really cool to see.

My son just started a social group of about 6 boys all the same age. A few are AS, and some are ADHD. All have sensory things going on. It has been interesting to see him interact with them. None of them think each other is odd and also, for the first time, he has seen others act out and it bothers him. He actually was bothered because some of the boys weren't good during group one day and they didn't get to play a game at the end. Granted it was partly due to him sufferring the consequence as well, but he also was upset by their behaviour. It is also nice because, in the waiting room, sometimes the moms talk and it is almost a support group. We all get it. When our kid comes in upset, we don't judge, we understand.