IN SIMPLE TERMS

How do you explain to a visual thinker on the autism spectrum disorder (ASD) everything?  Long story short basically.  When it comes to a long explanation, narrow it down.  Then, narrow it down further.  Than it becomes, just because.

When the explanation is in progress of leaving your lips every word is blah blah blah.  Except the words that they can visualize.  Take for instance when you tell a visual thinker, "It's raining cats and dogs."  That person will actually visualize cats and dogs falling from the sky.

With all the pun in the english language, one thing can mean another.  Instead of telling the child about raining cats and dogs, they need to hear that it's raining hard outside.  That they can understand.

You can actually see the confusion on their faces while you explain.  Their minds are trying to piece that jigsaw puzzle together starting with the border.  After that, pieces start falling into place.  The more they hear and pictures to show, sentences become clearer.

Over time the more they picture words the easier it will become for my son to understand.  It's a matter of how fast the words can be processed visually in his mind.  For now, repeating sentences and shortening them up is helping him to learn faster.  It helps him pick out the words he knows so he can visualize what I'm saying.