does he/she just like that the wheels turn? just curious because I had always heard that as steriotype but ds has never chosen that part. Well at the beginning he did like things that spin but I remember being at developmental pedi and him getting the train and tracks out and seeing if ds would participate in "organized play" ds had no clue or interest. I sort of made it my mission to get him into trains so bought the little ikea one and then made up a million little songs and floortime things and he liked it eventually. Now he likes matchbox type cars and thomas trains ( our neighbor lent us a set that must have cost a million dollars it has every train I think thomas co has ever made) and he likes to drive them around the house pretty functionally. I'm just wondering if it's the linear deal that gives it the steriotype or if its literally spinning the wheels etc
tks
Re: if your asd likes cars /trains etc
Chris loves cars and trains. He got knock-off Thomas things for Christmas and drives them all over the house.
My son has never cared about spinning the wheels or anything - but just can't figure out how to play with them on his own. He does with them exactly what we've shown him to do.... "Going to the store, Going to McDonalds, Going Home...." while he drives. Until we showed him in a very rote way what to do, he never pushed a car around.
These days, he's doing a GREAT job modeling baby sister on stuff like that. Hey! Whaddaya know... a built in teacher!! YAY