Kids with ADHD are constantly scolded and told to sit down, calm down, stop doing this or that, focus, and to just listen. After a while, they get the message that they are bad kids.My son is 8 years old now and still sees himself as a bad kid.
With autism, everything is seen in binary terms. Things are either black or white. People and situations are either good or bad.
The idea of a gray — or in-between — area is a concept that does not come easily to him.The Naughty or Nice List creates an extra layer of anxiety for kids like my son who struggle to fit into a neurotypical world that sees their behavior as bad instead of what it actually is — a cognitive disability that causes a host of challenges.[Read This Next: Why Praise Is So.
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