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thomas the tank engine
- By loopy
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Mon 18 Aug 2008 21:51
I have a severely autistic 17 year old daughter who for the last 16 years has become fascinated with thomas the tank engine. She loves him so much that she carrys her toys around with her at all times and puts most of them under her pillow at night. After reading the national autistic society website, apparently thomas is a character that most autistic children can relate too. I was wondering if any other carer out there has come across this too?
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By Lynne D
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Re: thomas the tank engine
Mon 18 Aug 2008 23:26Hi Loopy, Yes my son who is 20 and severly autistic also loves Thomas, He demands to go to a nearby steam railway station every single bank holiday, he KNOWS Thomas and all his friends are there, even the guy who drives thomas at the station knows him. I saw years ago about the NAS "adopting" thomas, but when you think about it - its logical - as the faces on the trains are SO very easy to read, and that is one of the major problems with autism, they cannot read facial expressions or body language, Thomas and friends make it so very easy for them.
- By crystalriver
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Re: thomas the tank engine
Tue 19 Aug 2008 12:23Hi Loopy,
My grandson is 4 years old & he loves Thomas he has every single engine, & though he hasn't any speech if we say to him where's Bill,Thomas or any of the engines he knows exactly which one it is & will fetch it out of his toybox, I cant remember going through them all with him apart from when we bought them & then would say this one is Gordon etc. He has to take at least 6 when he goes anywhere & takes them to bed.
Beverley
- By kerry.
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Re: thomas the tank engine
Tue 19 Aug 2008 20:16Hi Lisa,
Yep Thomas all the way with Georgie! Although his main disability is Fragile x as you know, he is also autistic (mor ethan Sid) and has always loved Thomas and the gang, even now and he is 11.
Probably right about the facial expressions.
- By meg mackenzie
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Re: thomas the tank engine
Wed 20 Aug 2008 18:20My great nephew (4) is autistic and Thomas is a favourite. We even had a story written for him round real events which had references to Thomas the Tank engine and his driver included in it.
Must admit, I enjoyed the stories too in my younger days, but Paddington Bear was and still is my favourite.
Take care
Meg
- By katew
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Re: thomas the tank engine
Thu 21 Aug 2008 16:18well i dont know .
i love thomas myself and theres nowt wrong with me (well thats debatable!) lol
id rather watch thomas than rotten drake and josh
and rubbish that my 2 are intonow
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By Sam_B
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Re: thomas the tank engine
Fri 22 Aug 2008 14:05I've got very fond memories of Thomas and the brilliant narration from Ringo Starr. Happy days!
- By JeanM
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Re: thomas the tank engine
Fri 22 Aug 2008 22:10I work in a school and 90% of the children on the autistic spectrum are totally fascinated with Thomas.
pretty fond of him myself
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By Sparhawk73
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Re: thomas the tank engine
Fri 22 Aug 2008 22:44Hi every one there is now a Thomas the Tank Engine land now at Drayton Manor Theme Park nr Tamworth . May be some of you would like to take your kids there they would love it.
Jason
- By mel
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Re: thomas the tank engine
Sun 24 Aug 2008 14:30My son has asd and was obsessed with thomas when he was younger, i honestly think that it is because its clear whats happpening, and the expressions are clear so they can pick up on the facial gestures and the commentary helps as when thomas is mad the commentator says thomas is mad.......so everything makes sense.