That’s why he prefers media.
After listening to or watching something repeatedly, he knows what to expect.
This makes him comfortable. It could be why he doesn’t like conversation. He
doesn’t know what to expect.
During dinner to get Thomas to sit down and eat fish, we sometimes play the audio
of a show through external speakers and hide the video. He listens for a while,
we stop it so he does what we want, and then we resume playing. He sometimes forgets
that the music has stopped and we enjoy a conversation at the table as family of
four, and when he stands up, we go back to using the audio as a reward.
So when this one song ended, I stopped the speaker and said, “Let’s
sing the song together!” I had understandably gotten to know how the song
went, but Thomas said, “No!” We realised, Thomas likes the original version. He doesn’t
want to hear my screwed up take on it. We really love his conversation, and
several times every day we get to talk together. Those are
beautiful moments!
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