Today was a proud moment. My son’s teacher told us that he asked another boy “Are you ok”. The boy was hurt during gym class. My son (on the spectrum), was the only child in the class to go over to the other child.
This moment was not without hard work. Previously, my son would laugh if someone was hurt, or ignore them all together. We taught him to go up to people if they were upset and ask “Are you ok”. We had plenty of opportunities to practice. My son doesn’t have the greatest spatial awareness. He’ll often stomp on your foot (accidentally) and continue on without showing the slightest awareness. When this happened, we would tell him that he hurt someone and prompt him to say “Are you ok”. Gradually, we started saying things such as “your brother looks sad” and he would go over and ask.
Today, we can rejoice that our efforts have paid off.
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