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Theory of mind seems to be a major area of separation between children with autism and the rest of the population. It is 

Theory of mind seems to be a major area of separation between children with autism and the rest of the population. It is absolutely an important consideration to make while assessing children with autism, because as the scholars explained children with autism do not often have this concept. With typically developing children a concept of perspective taking emerges at a young age. While a child with autism is capable of learning many aspects of perspective taking, theory of mind is not necessarily one of them. To best describe here is an original example: A seven year old boy does not wash his hands while leaving the bathroom, he is well aware he did not wash his hands and that he should have washed them, his mother asks him if he washed his hands and he says "no". She then accompanies him to the bathroom to wash his hands. This boy did not want to wash his hands and he could have said "yes" and his mother would not have made him wash his hands, but he didn't because he doesn't really understand that he is capable of deceiving others. He knows that he did not wash his hands and so since that is what happened that's what he'll say. To better explain why I think this is essential in assessing students with autism lets pretend the same boy is taking the MCAS, in the reading section he reads a story about one cat with two homes however the story never directly says that the cat has two homes but instead follows a cat to two different homes with two different families that call him two different names in the comprehension section the boy is answers questions about the story, the problem is he does not understand that the two cats he is reading about are really the same cat and so he gets all the reading comprehension questions wrong, the question becomes does the boy really not comprehend what he's reading or is he unable to infer information like typically developing children. I think this example makes a good argument for the consideration of theory of mind in assessment of children with autism

 an important consideration to make while assessing children with autism, because as the scholars explained children with autism do not often have this concept. With typically developing children a concept of perspective taking emerges at a young age. While a child with autism is capable of learning many aspects of perspective taking, theory of mind is not necessarily one of them. To best describe here is an original example: A seven year old boy does not wash his hands while leaving the bathroom, he is well aware he did not wash his hands and that he should have washed them, his mother asks him if he washed his hands and he says "no". She then accompanies him to the bathroom to wash his hands. This boy did not want to wash his hands and he could have said "yes" and his mother would not have made him wash his hands, but he didn't because he doesn't really understand that he is capable of deceiving others. He knows that he did not wash his hands and so since that is what happened that's what he'll say. To better explain why I think this is essential in assessing students with autism lets pretend the same boy is taking the MCAS, in the reading section he reads a story about one cat with two homes however the story never directly says that the cat has two homes but instead follows a cat to two different homes with two different families that call him two different names in the comprehension section the boy is answers questions about the story, the problem is he does not understand that the two cats he is reading about are really the same cat and so he gets all the reading comprehension questions wrong, the question becomes does the boy really not comprehend what he's reading or is he unable to infer information like typically developing children. I think this example makes a good argument for the consideration of theory of mind in assessment of children with autism