Literal

At a recent paed appointment the paed got Shmoo to lie down on the bed so that she could do some basic checks. That went fine. The paed then helped Shmoo to sit up on the side of the bed again and told him it was okay for him to stand up again now. So he did. He stood up right where he was, on top of the bed LOL.

Then she wanted him to walk in a line, one foot in front of the other, heel to toe. She demonstrated for him but ran out of space and walked backwards and then forwards again. Of course, Shmoo copied her exactly, doing an odd, wobbly backwards and forwards dance, not understanding what the paed was trying to explain until I stepped in and reworded her instructions.

Lesson for working with ASD kids: be very specific!