Originally Posted by Angelsj:
I specialize in kids on the spectrum and have four of my own. They are not lying. They simply do not have the ability to see the difference between reality and what they see on TV or movies or even dreams. To them, it all carries the same weight. There does not seem to be a purpose (a goal) for it because there is not one.
This does not make it any less dangerous for the OP, but it is not really lying as we see it.
This is essentially what the OT said could be happening. He isn't lying to get someone in trouble, or doing it with malice in his voice. He even says "E smacked me across the face. E will not get a time out. E is sorry."
I have a ds with autism, he is high functioning, but he has never told a lie. He doesn't even believe other people are capable of lying. It's a very hard thing to teach.
He is at it again today, only he must have watched something about dogs, because he keeps telling me his super sniffer can smell things. Odd things, like the ball a child brought that is in her cubby, etc.
I emailed the parents and we are going to have a conference tomorrow evening, I am going to request that he see a specialist for the diagnosis, since the school he is going to in fall will not accept a pediatrician's diagnosis. I also filled out a vineland for them to bring to the specialist. The pediatrician that dx him saw the vineland I completed and said it wasn't needed to make the diagnosis.
