Weak muscle strength

[Guest guest]

Hi all

has low muscle tone in his arms, what do I ask the pead for ?

an OT assessment and what do I say ? I need to use the right language!

to get a response. He has trouble with sports and holding a pen. TIA

Lara

[Guest guest]

Definitely ask for OT assessment, but probably best to ensure someone

with experience of autism, not all paediatric OTs are experienced in

sensory integration for example. Poor muscle tone/hypertonia will be

an obstacle to education so Paed should refer but it may be worth

asking about qualifications in sensory integration if you want that

assessed also. But we did pay for initial independant assessment first.

HTH

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> Hi Lara

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> We just explained that his fine motor skills were not age

appropriate (hand writing/scissor cutting) and this was holding him

back in school.

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> We eventually got an assessment with an OT (3 month wait) and what

they do in Herts (or did) is give us a course of 6 sessions with the

OT in a sensory room and suggested brushing his hands and lower arms

with a vegetable brush, then said that because his disability wasn't

so bad, that they were signing him off. The brushing did help

initially, the stuff in the sensory room was not focused enough for

Louis, so we then looked at doing something privately and started with

the " Brushing Man " , Bob in Windsor, as recommended by others on

this list. Since then many of his sensory issues have gone (could be

the brushing man or chelation or HBOT or all three) and his

handwritting is legible although not cursive and he can cut with

scissors. He still prefers not to write, but that is more about

whether he is interested in the topic.

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> Kay.

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> Weak muscle strength

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> Hi all

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> has low muscle tone in his arms, what do I ask the pead for ?

> an OT assessment and what do I say ? I need to use the right language!

> to get a response. He has trouble with sports and holding a pen. TIA

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> Lara

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