Comments on: Joint Attention and the Sally-Anne Test http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/04/05/joint-attention-and-the-sally-anne-test/ Ethics, Disability Rights, and Reports from Life on the Spectrum Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:19:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ben http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/04/05/joint-attention-and-the-sally-anne-test/comment-page-1/#comment-20524 Ben Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:45:11 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=1734#comment-20524 Erin: i think my partner would definitely stay with the skewering analogy, though you are right that deer in the headlights is less....evocative, and still very accurately describes what we do to normal people sometimes. should we start a list of humorous ways our partners deal with our eccentricities? Rachel, you don't like lists, i know, but.... Erin: i think my partner would definitely stay with the skewering analogy, though you are right that deer in the headlights is less….evocative, and still very accurately describes what we do to normal people sometimes.
should we start a list of humorous ways our partners deal with our eccentricities? Rachel, you don’t like lists, i know, but….

]]> By: Rachel http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/04/05/joint-attention-and-the-sally-anne-test/comment-page-1/#comment-20462 Rachel Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:37:08 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=1734#comment-20462 Me too! Thanks. :-) Me too! Thanks. :-)

]]> By: Erin http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/04/05/joint-attention-and-the-sally-anne-test/comment-page-1/#comment-20437 Erin Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:54:14 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=1734#comment-20437 Stop! Stop skewering me! Seriously, I needed that laugh tonight, Rachel. Oy. :) Stop! Stop skewering me! Seriously, I needed that laugh tonight, Rachel. Oy. :)

]]> By: Rachel http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/04/05/joint-attention-and-the-sally-anne-test/comment-page-1/#comment-20436 Rachel Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:38:17 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=1734#comment-20436 So, Erin, let me get this straight...You're feeling, like, uncomfortable by demands for direct communication? I mean, all the visuals you've provided just seem so, well, ambiguous to me... Maybe if you threw in some non-verbal...no, that wouldn't work... ;-) So, Erin, let me get this straight…You’re feeling, like, uncomfortable by demands for direct communication? I mean, all the visuals you’ve provided just seem so, well, ambiguous to me… Maybe if you threw in some non-verbal…no, that wouldn’t work… ;-)

]]> By: Erin http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/04/05/joint-attention-and-the-sally-anne-test/comment-page-1/#comment-20434 Erin Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:11:52 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=1734#comment-20434 Ben, well I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one. I don't think any party should feel guilty. It's interesting how different people think and communicate so differently. Wouldn't life be boring if we all were the same? I used to tell my husband to stop treating me like an experiment he was trying to dissect under a microscope. He likes to tease me by telling me to use my words and not my psychic sense (which is really non-verbal communication - I'm no psychic!). We've learned to cut each other some slack over the years too. :) Rachel - skew·er (skyr) n. 1. A long metal or wooden pin used to secure or suspend food during cooking; Synonyms: lance, impale. A less violent analogy would be...feeling like a deer in the headlights, or a mouse immobilized under the gaze of a hawk. How's that? :) Quirky Mom, I'm sorry for hijacking your excellent post. Your Apple sounds like my Anna. Ben, well I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one. I don’t think any party should feel guilty. It’s interesting how different people think and communicate so differently. Wouldn’t life be boring if we all were the same? I used to tell my husband to stop treating me like an experiment he was trying to dissect under a microscope. He likes to tease me by telling me to use my words and not my psychic sense (which is really non-verbal communication – I’m no psychic!). We’ve learned to cut each other some slack over the years too. :)

Rachel – skew·er (skyr) n.
1. A long metal or wooden pin used to secure or suspend food during cooking;
Synonyms: lance, impale. A less violent analogy would be…feeling like a deer in the headlights, or a mouse immobilized under the gaze of a hawk. How’s that? :)

Quirky Mom, I’m sorry for hijacking your excellent post. Your Apple sounds like my Anna.

]]> By: Quirky Mom http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/04/05/joint-attention-and-the-sally-anne-test/comment-page-1/#comment-20422 Quirky Mom Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:42:30 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=1734#comment-20422 Huh, this is a twist on my post that I hadn't expected. This is really fascinating. :) Huh, this is a twist on my post that I hadn’t expected. This is really fascinating. :)

]]> By: Ben http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/04/05/joint-attention-and-the-sally-anne-test/comment-page-1/#comment-20410 Ben Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:41:42 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=1734#comment-20410 I know my partner feels the same sometimes, Erin. oy, indeed. at least I don't feel guilty about it anymore, but i d sometimes cut him some slack :) I know my partner feels the same sometimes, Erin. oy, indeed. at least I don’t feel guilty about it anymore, but i d sometimes cut him some slack :)

]]> By: Rachel http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/04/05/joint-attention-and-the-sally-anne-test/comment-page-1/#comment-20408 Rachel Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:46:49 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=1734#comment-20408 Skewered? Why, Erin, I have no idea what you mean. Could you be more direct? ;-) Skewered? Why, Erin, I have no idea what you mean. Could you be more direct? ;-)

]]> By: Erin http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/04/05/joint-attention-and-the-sally-anne-test/comment-page-1/#comment-20388 Erin Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:26:23 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=1734#comment-20388 Oy. You both sound like my husband. This NT woman feels positively skewered by demands for direct communication. :) Oy. You both sound like my husband. This NT woman feels positively skewered by demands for direct communication. :)

]]> By: Rachel http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/04/05/joint-attention-and-the-sally-anne-test/comment-page-1/#comment-20378 Rachel Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:26:05 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=1734#comment-20378 You mean they should use their words and communicate directly with us? You're SUCH an Aspie. :-) You mean they should use their words and communicate directly with us? You’re SUCH an Aspie. :-)

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