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That is a very irresponsible response. As many parents have already written, it is a common behavior in young children. In and of itself, it is completely normal and indicative of nothing.
It's not at all irresponsible I'm stating a fact. I didn't say her child has autism. I said it's a warning sign which it is. It's actually used as part of the data collected for diagnosis.
It's not at all irresponsible I'm stating a fact. I didn't say her child has autism. I said it's a warning sign which it is. It's actually used as part of the data collected for diagnosis.
Please post a link, thanks.
One of the diagnostic tools for an ASD diagnosis is the child is given items to sort, the criteria the child chooses to use to sort is the data point, not the sorting itself.
For me, it's m&m candies. I sort them by color, too. No idea why I do this. My husband thinks it's funny.
I do that, too. Once I start a color pattern in eating M&Ms, I have to keep it up even if it means leaving stragglers behind. I also am OCD about alphabetizing ... books, spices, etc. I'm not excessively tidy, I don't think, but I like to be able to find things. And heaven knows my organizational skills have never translated into any ability with math or engineering.
My daughter started doing this everynow and then when she started to walk (14months.) would line up the hamburger helper boxs and mac and cheese boxes. When we came home from grocery shopping. Also would line up the paper towel rolls when we bought the large packs from Sams club. She is closing in on three years. Not so much now.
One of the diagnostic tools for an ASD diagnosis is the child is given items to sort, the criteria the child chooses to use to sort is the data point, not the sorting itself.
You can google it yourself. Lining up of objects is one of the things looked for on the ADOS which is the current gold standard for diagnosing autism. I have also filled out several diagnostic questionnaires as a parent and an educator and lining up objects and/or not using objects as intended is on them all.
It's not at all irresponsible I'm stating a fact. I didn't say her child has autism. I said it's a warning sign which it is. It's actually used as part of the data collected for diagnosis.
We have been through psychologists for weeks with our son and they've never even asked about it or cared to observe that. It's not a "warning sign" but it can be a trait for some children. In terms of importance, it is very, very, very low on the scale of what matters and what doesn't.
It's a good sign. Lining things up is a math-readiness skill. Lining up and sorting lead to counting, making patterns, and matching games. It's all normal, healthy, developmentally appropriate play and should be encouraged!
My toddler (3 years) make lines out of ordinary objects, if she has a bunch of matching objects. Seashells, CDs, gems, legos, and everything else she finds.
Wondering if other parents have noticed this, and if they have any observations on their child's personality.
my son did this when he was 3 year old and even now (5 years) he do this some time.
He also match something like type or car or color.
I went to riteaid once and he told he is going to look the cars and before I get my things he took around 20 Van (same type) and make a big line.
but now he reduced a lot of this.
some body told me that if he can arrange things like than the he is good in math (not sure how true it is)
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