When the concept of a line captures a person's attention, the person can fold items like cleaning cloths, face washers, socks, and napkins. The concept of a line helps the person organize their actions and thus sustain their attention.

Functioning at ACL 3.6, the person may enjoy sorting. There are lots of things which may be sorted. You can sort buttons, beads, coins, Lego, rubber bands, cutlery and so on. The list is endless and objects may be found all over the place.

Finding affirmative activities that the person can do is important for the person functioning in ACL 3.6. The person does not realize their cognitive disability and just wants to fit back into life as they knew it. Finding things they can do can be fun. Everyone likes to feel they are contributing. The person's mental energy is limited so you will need to be prepared for tasks to be stopped prematurely. Remember the person is doing the best they can.

When the person can follow an instruction for a very short period, it is tempting to leave them to finish off the task on their own. When the person is not able to classify information appropriately, they don't have a sense of task completion and they leave the job half done. The person needs prompts to continue the task and focus back to what they need to do.

The general public assumes that all they can do is impersonate a piece of furniture because they are seen sitting in hallways, on front porches, or in living / family rooms. The idea that they could be enjoying themselves will come as a surprise to many people. Once the idea catches on, family and friends are apt to become insistent on their basic human rights.

Without something to do, people functioning within ACL 3 are persistent troublemakers because they need something constructive to do. To successfully reduce drugging them into quiet stupors, providing activities that they can do is necessary. Self-care activities are done by people in preparation for doing something. Sitting in front of something is not doing anything. If they are ignoring the object in front of them, (it does not matter if it is a blank wall, a fish tank, a TV set, or a hallway filled with busy people) it is because the scene is meaningless to the person.

Items from the person's past may be brought for them to sort now. This maintains the identity of the person who is still here. Leaving sorting supplies at bedside gives visitors something to do and talk about during visiting hours, which can be transformed into a pleasant time to share doing an affirmative activity. A sense of pleasure in spending time with the person who is still here becomes the purpose for the visit.

The person can understand instructions and follow them for about a minute. They can communicate through common phrases. If the person has had a strong past history of having good verbal skills, they can fool others that there is nothing wrong. Sometimes they may repeat things which may annoy their visitors.

The one-minute attention span applies to their ability to carry on a conversation for a minute and to waiting a minute for assistance.

They may be able to use short phrases to describe the cause and effect connections while sorting objects.

Proper use of male and female pronouns displays attention to gender.

The little bit of talking that they are able to do is about what they are doing now.

Sensory information like sight, sounds, taste, smell, touch, deep pressure and vestibular stimulation captures the person's attention. Sensory stimulation activities are used to provide pleasant sensations that keeps the person happily occupied. Use an activity like placing flowers in a vase. The person's attention span will likely only last for about a minute. They will require a prompt to continue a task.

Pictures may be used with the person but they can't be too busy. Just a subject on a pretty bland background may capture the person's attention.