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[quote=Anonymous]I know all children are different so it's probably hard to draw a generalization, but just wondering what other people's experiences are.  DD has never really been able to entertain herself when she is with DH or I.  Even as a little baby I remember other friends could put their kids on a playmat for a few minutes but if we did that DD would scream like crazy. At school she keeps to herself and doesn't interact much at all with other children, but when she is with us she is *constantly* interacting (talking, touching, repeating, vocalizing etc.)  I SAH 3.5 days a week and we spend all our time together on the weekends so I feel like she's getting a good amount of attention overall but it seems like it's never enough.  She also gets a lot of focused attention throughout the day (20 minutes playing a game, time on the floor building with blocks, etc.)  If I ask her to play by herself it lasts a minute or less.  Even if I set her up with an activity like art or something, she's back in 2 minutes because she needs something, is bored, etc.  Is this an ASD thing or just a personality trait?  Has anyone found anything helpful to cope?  We have another DC and some days I feel totally fried by the constant stimulation.  I don't want to be upset with her if this is who she is, but it seems like there's no volume control and no break from 6am - 8pm.  The only time she's relatively still is if I let her watch a video which I do during the day for both of us to decompress but I don't want to park her in front of the screen for too much time since I think that has downsides too.  [/quote]

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