I LOVE SET and I am considered on the autism spectrum, but very mildly. I think the dyslexia in me helsp me with Set and well as my OCDness with patterns.or maybe it is just because I can beat the pants off of everyone else in my family at Set.
I also think it helps that the rules change so often, that if there is a change they can't stand it doesn't last for long, so they can learn to cope with it on a short term basis.
Magi, your school system counts Eco Fluxx as a credit? What grade level?
~Kimberly
homeschooling 3 boys
On 7/31/06, Magi D. Shepley <magid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Kimberly,
My students with autism also loved Fluxx and also Mille Bourne and Uno.
They can't stand Set. I think (hypothesis only, not based in anything
but my own experience) that the reason my students with autism have
liked Fluxx so much is because although the rules are changing
constantly, THEY are controlling that change. And, if the teacher has
set up the class area as a safe place where its okay to make a mistake,
this gives them a good concrete opportunity to work on keeping the
social skills intact when the rules change quickly. :) The same applies
to my students with emotional disabilities.
Many of my students with cognitive disabilities like Fluxx, but its very
hard for them, and they like it for different reasons.
Magi
Kimberly Terrill wrote:
>
> Conno and Ki have very mild autism and are very, very strict with the
> lettter oof the law... so if the composting card says "it's ok to look
> at the bottom card first" They will insist we do EXACTLY as the rule
> says... which states 'card' as a singular. Actually, I was afraid they
> would have trouble with the game because of the changing rules, but
> they really like it. I guess because even though the rules change, but
> there is always a written new rule. When they were done playing the
> had to sort and count the different types of cards.
>
> I think everyone is happy now, thanks.
>
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