Though probably not to the same level, my daughter can be obssessed with things. She’s always asking us to play “Odie Song”, which is really the Garfield Thanksgiving Special.

My younger brothers obsession was Sonic the Hedgehog. It was pretty much all encompassing! Untill he got to around the age of 14 or so, and then he learned to hide it well. He’s so self contained anyway, that keeping that aspect to himself wasn’t much of a stretch.

Actually, i remember repeating lines from TV with steven too, although it was always lines to adverts, which we’d re-anact to a degree.

It’ll be grand to see where this interaction leads to Keep us all informed aye?

(I’ve just woken from a nap, so my apologies if I’m not as coherant-ish)

I read here regularly because I also have a 4 and 1/2 year old with ASD. She and Pookie seem to be on a level about lots of things so I like to hear what’s happening with him. I also like the way your family deals with his issues just by going ahead with your normal family life with a few adaptations.

Another place I read is a Yahoo group called “Communicating Partners” that’s run by a speech pathology researcher called Jim MacDonald. What you said about Geetle entering Pookie’s world reminded me a lot of some of the things he’s got to say about entering the child’s world and matching his level of interaction so he can participate and enjoy it. That sounds just like what Geetle is doing. I wish Linnea had a twin! We get the same effect sometimes with the ASD kid across the street, though.