"Rigidity in Routine (Autism)

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"Rigidity in Routine (Autism)
By Susan

As a parent to a child that is severely effected by his many symptoms of his Autism I can only give you expierence to this problem. My son at one point in time would only wear gray. I allowed this however I stamped colorful
trains and he had to match and coordinate the top & bottom. T used trains because he loves trains, incentive to match the colors because he loves to match (that visual thing) but we were also working on colors at this time too! He was over it a year later.I have always pushed when it came to his rigid in his routine, but believe it has to be done to reflect the individual child. It's

not always easy but if you don't make them flexable, I believe it can/will cause behaviors in the future. Example if the child get's use to doing one thing in one way then how will that child be able to share or engage in peer activity? Potty training becomes impossible. One must be flexable in todays society these children need to learn how to self-adjust everything they do.

I save very few items and put them in the I'm not going to mess with this one right now list. But never keep them on this list for too long of a time.

AS for research none that I could find, but will post if I find any