Kids with Asperger's Syndrome sometimes have fixations on certain subjects.
David has had many.
He currently likes to catalogue his favorite TV shows by name, synopsis and interesting facts.
This one is for the Ed, Edd and Eddie cartoon.
Oh, and there are pages about the characters.
I chalked this up to an Asperger's thing.
Um...
Until I looked across the room at someone else's fixation.
Mine.
I printed out multiple lists of Jane Austen spin off books.
I cut them into strips, alphabetized them by author
and then discarded the duplicates.
Then I made a little book of them
so I can keep track of what I have read and make notes.
Hmmmm.
So maybe not an Apserger's things...but an Apple doesn't fall far from the tree thing?
And then I remembered that when I was in my Star Trek Voyager phase
(and really, who hasn't been there at some point)
I printed out all the episodes and marked them off as I watched them.
And then I purchased the episode guide.
And even attempted to list each time the variation of
"I'm a Dr. not a _________"
quote was used.
It seems that David
Like his mother
really doesn't do things in moderation.
Fixation.
Passion.
Focus.
It is really just the way you look at it.
Love this, Kelli. My boy (6) is currently fixated on movie trailers. He's particularly interested in which movie studio a given movie comes from. We're spending lots of time on movie site and You tube. We recently took him to Blockbuster for the first time. He was in heaven.
Posted by: deb | July 13, 2009 at 10:17 AM
In an earlier post, you showed your son's drawing of martial arts moves...his notes on the class. They were very detailed. I was recently at our county fair and in the art building, I saw an entry by a young man that was VERY SIMILAR to your son's drawing. Have you considered helping him (and your other two) enter art projects in the county fair where you live?
Posted by: Rebecca Foxworth | July 13, 2009 at 09:21 PM
hee hee.
Posted by: Elizabeth | July 14, 2009 at 02:48 PM
Kelli, I have just stumbled across your blog for the first time, and I am so glad I did. Reading about how you think and your fixations is like looking in a mirror for me. I am SO GLAD I am not alone with my fixations and focus. It's good to know there are others out there. (-: PS. Just LOVE your work...
Posted by: Jules De Lumen | July 15, 2009 at 01:22 AM
:)
Posted by: tania | July 15, 2009 at 01:35 PM
That's so great. Did you share that with your son, or did he already get that he is like you in that way?
I see myself in my children too with some of their fixations.
Posted by: Karin Katherine | July 19, 2009 at 08:42 PM