Why, why, why why, why?

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I usually didn't ask questions.

I was super curious and listened to every explanation and story, but I just didn't ask.

Could it possibly be due to the fact that you want to question authority? If only people still encouraged the questioning of authority...

...and that's why cats have nine lives.


I was all innocent at that age so i doubt i was winding mum up. All i remember though is that the use of the word was excessive.



I guess it's not unusual to say why, why why why why...

...which reminds me.... ... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FXB8iTXY5f4

I always said "What?" I know now that I have a delay in comprehension. It's like I hear the words, but they are all just sounds. A split second later, my brain "talks" to me and tells me what was said. My mother also thought I was annoying and just doing it to drive her nuts.

I think that depends on the age of the child. My son has AS and he did not ask ANY questions until he was about 4 years old. "Why" questions didn't come until he was five. Once he did start asking questions, he started asking a lot of them. Now he probably asks MORE "why" questions than a NT child would.

That is true. My older son has high functioning autism. One of the first things the doctor said to me was that he had no curiosity--he used the word "heurism" or "heuristic". I had to ask him what it meant. My boy asked no questions about anything.

I think it can go both ways. My son spoke almost exculsively in questions until he was about 5. Though 'why' wasn't one of them. He didn't ever once use the word 'why' until he was about 5. I have a friend that has a moderately autistic son that only spoke in questions until he was around 7, though it was in different way then my son did. However, my son still struggles quite a bit with answering "wh" questions, which is very characteristic of ASD. He couldn't answer any "wh" questions until here recently, and he's 7.

To me, it's about extremes. Like I said in my original post, most kids do have a "why phase", and it's completely normal. It's when a kid deviates from this in a direction that's extreme, like asking "why" hundreds of times a day, or never asking why that signals something is different.

I don't remember but my parents tell me that I did ask 'why' a lot. I'm guessing it was mostly because I wanted reasons/justifications for why I had to do the things they told me. It wasn't because I was trying to be defiant or testy.

why?

Indeed, why?




I don't know if it's the same but, as an adult I often go into a dream like state. If someone says something to me it will take about 10-30 seconds for me to reply. Even though I've replied to this person, i'm still in this day dream and it continues until I snap myself out of it. The reply is usually "What", and the answer is usually "i didn't say anything" (mainly because it took so long for me to respond).

you can never be curious enough http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_8yPap-k_s

my middle name is Why

Why Not

Reminds me of "Buttons" from "Animaniacs".
"Why? Why? Why? OK, I love ya, byebye!"

It is a sign of AS, yes. If you were older than 3-4, and it lasted more than a few months. It means you (like me) lacked the Theory of Mind that kids start developing at that age to know instinctively when others have had way more than enough of your questioning. Most kids ask why a lot, but they soon learn the limits. I think I was in my thirties when I learned (intellectually) when others have enough of my questioning and when they will find my questions inappropriate.

I don't think that asking "Why?" necessarily means a child has autism. It's a perfectly normal developmental stage that all children go through. Even if it's happening a little beyond the preschool years, that doesn't necessarily mean the child is autistic. They could just be very inquisitive & curious about the world around them. If it lasts after the age of 6or so, & is constant, then there might be an issue. But it doesn't have to be autism... it could be some other form of developmental delay.