Tonight my son had a homework assignment including writing a poem in a certain style. Composition is not his strong point, so we did a few practice exercises. T often needs a little extra demonstration and cueing before he absorbs something, he has a very low processing speed. But once he gets something, it usually sticks. Anyway, we were discussing using autism as a possible subject for this particular creative writing assignment (I am inducting him into my autism awareness army), and he was describing himself in comparison to "normal" people. Or at least what his perception of normal people is. Here is one of our "practice" poems as a result of this exercise:
sound is too loud
light is too bright
touch is too hard
shirts are too scratchy
needs I can’t describe
feelings I can’t explain
crowds are too many
motion is too much
that is how I am
that is autism
Thursday, February 5, 2009
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Wow. Your son did an excellent job with the poem.
ReplyDeleteThanks Torina, he is such a sweet kid and it pains me when he has trouble expressing himself verbally or in writing; it's so frustrating for him. But I think this is a good start. He is actually a very verbal child compared to most with autism, but ask him to discuss his feelings or do any abstract thinking - then he usually panics and draws a blank.
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