Board index › General Discussion › General Autism Discussion

Play: are the autistic "better" at it?

Page 1 of 1 [ 5 posts ] 

Previous topic | Next topic

fiddlerpianist
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 30 Apr 2009
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,821
Location: The Autistic Hinterlands

21 Nov 2009, 11:33 pm

The topic of Definitely Not The Opera this week is all about play and basically how we do our best thinking when we engage in play. It's a fascinating topic, and one that really got me thinking. Is what is termed "autistic intelligence" by some (really it's the difference in thought process) derived from an enhanced or differing ability to play, particularly as an adult? Is the common charge of an autistic "not growing up" is related to their ability to play more vigorously as an adult?


_________________
"That leap of logic should have broken his legs." - Janissy


LittleTigger
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 5 Nov 2009
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Posts: 814

22 Nov 2009, 7:08 am

I never grew much past age 7 inside.

I still forget to not jump around when
i get really happy.


_________________
A Boy And His Cat

When society stops expecting
too much from me, I will
stop disappointing them.


Nightsun
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 23 Sep 2009
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Posts: 567
Location: Rome - Italy

26 Nov 2009, 6:51 am

I play more now then when I was a child for that matter :)


_________________
Planes are tested by how well they fly, not by comparing them to birds.


greenturtle74
Velociraptor
Velociraptor

User avatar

Joined: 4 May 2009
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Posts: 495
Location: Greater Philadelphia

26 Nov 2009, 11:17 am

fiddlerpianist wrote:
Is the common charge of an autistic "not growing up" is related to their ability to play more vigorously as an adult?


I'm also fascinated by the topic of play, fiddlerpianist. You should check out The National Institute for Play and Stuart Brown's book if you haven't yet.

I don't know if there's a link with autism, but my desire to play is an essential part of who I am. It is really the best way to connect with others.



b9
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 14 Aug 2008
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Posts: 12,003
Location: australia

26 Nov 2009, 12:12 pm

fiddlerpianist wrote:
Is what is termed "autistic intelligence" by some (really it's the difference in thought process) derived from an enhanced or differing ability to play, particularly as an adult? Is the common charge of an autistic "not growing up" is related to their ability to play more vigorously as an adult?


i think intelligence is perennial and not localized. there is no such thing as "autistic" intelligence i believe.

i think that everyone focuses on the aspect of an event they are witnessing with their expectational mindset, and that is processed using the thinking capacity innate to the genetic design of the brain of the experiencer.

i do not think autism affects intelligence. i t may affect the application of intellectual capacity, but not the native intelligence.

as far as "play" is concerned, i do not like to act out improbable imaginations. i liked when i was a child to play in a way that recreated, in a smaller scale, the actual dynamics of bigger events that i was modeling in my "sub world" of attention.

i liked to play to scale, and other kids seemed to be idiotic to me as they ran around with their toy cars in their hands. they flew their cars through the air in an erratic and physically impossible manner, and they were idiots in my mind and i did not wish to play with them.

even nowadays, i like to fly the simulator with (eg:) a concorde all the way from sydney to london, and i do not lose concentration at any time during the whole trip. anyone else would be completely cross eyed in boredom as my "play" contains no physical reward or other "wow" factors.

all "wows" are "shams".

"sham wow"'s i have never decided to buy. .





.