Parallel play is to play "near" rather than to play "with" Although for many people, especially autistics, "near" can still be interpreted as "with". • • • Within typical development you'll find that children typically move from parallel to associative play at around 3 or 4.
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Just a reminder that you don't have to be autistic to relate to any of this. It's just that autistics, especially autistic children, are often penalized for enjoying/preferring parallel play. Because when we do it it's "not socially correct".
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I love that type of companionship. Doesn't have to be okay either. My most valued relationships in college were ones where we could sit together & work while still feeling like we were spending time together.
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I don't understand why neurotypicals don't seem to grasp that going to an office with other people and doing your job while they do theirs is the same thing as parallel play.
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Because they don't see it as social Also, is it?
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My partner and I do parallel activities all the time. We sit and read together, she games while I write, she watches a film while I play with Lego, etc.
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Us too. We like to be in the same room but doing different things.
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