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[quote=Anonymous]Being able to communicate with adults and not peers is a hallmark of ASD.  Peer to peer relationships are very different than child to adult relationships.  Adults tend to carry those conversations and don't mind if they are all about the child.  With peer to peer, there needs to be more give and take.  Children with ASD tend to want to talk about very specific things and will not waiver if the other child wants to talk about something else.  While this is true with all children, it is more pronounced in children with ASD.  One reason is that they have trouble picking up on non-verbal communication and have difficulty with sarcasm, irony and lying.   They also tend to do parallel play much longer than NT children.

Frequent play dates are great, but as your child ages they will not be as frequent.  Talk to your child's school's counselor and see if they run any "lunch bunches" or social groups and see if they can be permanent every year and not just 6 weeks in duration.  These can be places where your child can learn some of the give and take of conversation and where he may find another kindred spirit.  [/quote]

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