Kids with autism and trains what is the link please?

Question

Why do they like them, many thanks.

Answer 1

the majority of kids love trains! and being autistic doesn't stop them enjoying that also.

Answer 2

not all do.  With autism they get an obsession with one things and usually stick with it.  For some it is trains, some it is fish, some it is other stuff.  My son doesn't do the train thing, he likes them but his thing is tiny little figures from the gumball machines the more the better to him.  He says trains are to loud.

Answer 3

It is difficult to understand the likings of each individual with autism because they are very particular with what they like. for example my son now 16 yrs old loves the shower and above all a simple string, he twirls it around so it can tickle him and he can laugh. aside of that music is his thing and it has to be very loud, now on the other hand i have seen other children with autism who can't bare to hear music nor like to take showers.... i see it this way , with an autistic child it is always a blessing to understand them if you can and love what they love and you learn more from them.

Answer 4

Because they work in a predictable way, and they are noisy.

Answer 5

Not all do. Many children with autism don't like noise so they can't cope with trains. My daughter will never go on or near a train. Autistic children seem to have an obsession with one particular thing, in my daughter case its Disney cartoons.

Answer 6

Could follow on from Thomas the Tank, a few are obsessive about him when small.

Answer 7

they like to see things move together they get rather upsets when they stop working properly like fall of the tracks but the image of the train can be link to many other things ever talented autisict talent has been put in to some kind of motion

Answer 8

Well, by now you understand that not all kids with autims like trains.  Are you talking toy trains or real life trains?  

The kids with autism that like toy trains.....Thomas the Tank.... A video with scripts that they can replay over and over.  A great toy tie in that feeds their obsession for order. To play with trains you  line them up.  Many kids with autism like to line things up, to make order of things. Trains fit nicely into that catagory.    

Kids with autism enjoy things like this because it's predictable. For many children with autism the world is a very confusing place. They don't understand all the chaos of "typical" life around them.  Other people are unpredictable, there's sensory overload from tv's, the lawn mower, dog barking, a fan, flourescent lights.  The beauty of trains is the simplicity and order they restore. A sense of control of environment.  

My daughter never liked trains either. She would line up little people, cars, cheetos, vcr tapes, frozen peas....but never trains!

Answer 9

no clue. Strangly my oldest son was recently found to be on the spectrum...and is not really a fan of trains. Now my 2 year old, who is not on the spectrum ( as far as we know) LOVES trains. I know a lady whose son is autistic and loves thomas the tank engine. I know another kid who stims when he gets excited...about moving things!. I heard that he stims when he spins toy car wheels, but I also observed him stimming at fish swimming in a tank.

Answer 10

Hun not all kids with autism have a fascination with trains Thomas pictured with his twin sister Kylie has severe autism he is also non verbal he has never liked trains at all, lots of people like trains , Thomas has had many obsessions over the years now he love Yellow Pages Phone Books !

he has also like shop logo's and having windows open at certain angles ..Not much fun in the winter !

Its just phrases children with autism have they go from one to another Thomas has had so many in 7 years i couldn't count !

There is a video on Thomas and one of his obsessions for sellotaping road signs together thankfully that's over now !