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naturalplastic
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15 Mar 2019, 4:34 pm

Skilpadde wrote:
SaveFerris wrote:
I've never understood the 'not getting idioms' part of ASD. Surely everyone has to learn the meaning of an idiom or do NT's just automatically know what they mean :?:
well, some might need explanation, especially as they become less used, giving less context. There was an article some years ago about kids having more problems understanding idioms these days, as some are less used and less self explanatory in contemporary society.

But some are also self explanatory based on the saying or context.

For instance when I was about 10 and listened to my grandma gossiping about rels of my classmates, I was listening with almost waving ears. My grandmother suddenly said: "små gryter har også ører" (Little pitchers have big ears) and changed the subject.
I needed no explanation, I just understood immediately that I was the 'pitcher' listening.

an example of self explanatory without context:
"brent barn skyr ilden"
(literally burnt child avoids the fire; once bitten twice shy)


Yes. That's parting of what they are testing for. To see if you can figure out what an idiom means. The pitcher thing is good example.

In theory you could figure out what "people who live in glass house shouldn't throw stones" means without it being explained. Though I admit that in fact - most children probably do learn it with the help of context- they hear a grown up say the expression in response to another grown up criticize them for something that they are both guilty of.



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16 Mar 2019, 1:11 am

Joe90 wrote:
What if you have never heard of some old sayings before? I've never heard of the greenhouse one, so I would have failed that question. Nobody is born knowing sayings, which means even an NT would be clueless if they were asked a saying they don't know the meaning of.



NTs can still make guesses what a saying means even if they have it wrong but the doctor is looking for if they have the ability to understand phrases. Someone on the spectrum would have difficulty trying to interpret the phrase and think abstractly.


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