Submitted by meginoz t3_z45uea in explainlikeimfive
My daughter's psychiatrist has asked me to research mind theory to better understand why my five year old (PDA autistic) daughter Is lashing out at me when she can't get her way or things don't go her way or she's bored. Can anyone dumb it down for me?
Brittlehorn t1_ixpe00i wrote
I think you maybe referring to Theory of mind which means that you cannot understand the world from another person's point of view only your own. The ability to put oneself into someone else’s shoes, to imagine their thoughts and feelings. It is also known as mindblindness theory whiich proposes that children with autism and Asperger’s syndrome are delayed in the development of their Theory of Mind, leaving them with degrees of mindblindness.