Last week at work a bright lad of about 9 was asking constant questions of his parents, interspersed with remarks about needing the toilet.
The parents and his younger sister were clearly exhausted by him!
Hid father told me they were in the process go having him diagnosed with autism. Looked about right to me.
The mother asked me where the toilets were and the boy listened hard, then decided he wanted me to take him there.
We okayed it with the parents and set off.
Point about the toilets is that there are buttons to press both on the way and there, and Laddie likes pressing buttons.
I explained what each button did and he pressed them in turn, including the toilet buttons.
That's 'OPEN', 'OPEN', 'OPEN', 'CLOSE', 'LOCK', 'FLUSH' and 'UNLOCK'.
I bet he still remembers that sequence.
There were also the handwashing controls of course, which weren't as interesting with no buttons to press.
Felt I understood him - pressing buttons - what's not to like?