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Logic error
| Mon, 07-30-2007 - 9:38am |
I don't know what else to call this. A logic error is usually seen in computing when an error in the programming code or hardware causes a computer to do something "illogical".
But in this context, I am talking about Peter, who is not a computer, and I can't

A few thoughts.
Are you positive that he didn't know it wasn't you, or was that an excuse he made up while in the bathroom not to answer his buddies? He walked right by them as you say. Perhaps he was too embarrassed to answer them while he was "going" and thus thought of this to get him off the hook. Sounds like a silly, illogical excuse but I can see Cait pulling that one.
Next, auditory issues. Is it possible with any auditory issues that he has that through the door without a face to match the voices too (and perhaps vent on or whatever else may be auditorily going on) that the voices weren't so distinct as to not be one person goofing around? Half the time if I ask DH a question through the bathroom door he won't answer cause he doesn't hear me unless I yell and start with his name. Even then he sometimes he doesn't answer and he has thought it wasn't me.
Finally, if you are definitely sure he wasn't making up excuses or didn't have auditory issues that make what he said feasable, then I would work on things such as sequencing, inferencing and problem solving.
how are these skills over all? Perhaps that is an area that needs work per his IEP. In particular, this activity neccessitated him doing a lot of inferencing and being ASD that may be the part he missed. He has to make the assumption that they came into the house to understand it was them there. He had to "infer" it from the clues that he had which he may not have been able to do. I would look at working on these 3 skills in his IEP and talk to his SLP about inferencing.
Renee
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Edited 2/19/2008 1:34 pm ET by littleroses
Good points you guys.
I asked him about it today, and he said he doesn't really know why he didn't answer. Then he said something like "a boy needs to have a little time alone"
I guess he wants to chill for a bit after camp rahter than to be beseiged. Understandable,
However, Renee, I think you are right about inferencing. I do think it is a problem at some level, and I will speak to his SLP about it.
And LR, he definitely does stuff like that with the rigid thinking: He gets a notion in his head, and OMG! You CANNOT unstick it. You can be standing right there, doing the exact opposite of whwat he says you are doing and he Will. Not. Be. Dissuaded.
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Edited 2/19/2008 1:31 pm ET by littleroses