Guest guest Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 I have this issue with my daughter I have cut her hair myself because she will not let me brush it or any one else. So I have to keep it short all though it looks terrible because i dont cut hair for a living > Hello All, > > My daughter (6 yrs. old) has sensory issues dealing with her hair touching > her ears or neck. For this reason I have to braid it and then pull the > braids back so that they don't droop and brush against her ears. Her neck is > less sensitive because all the gathered braids twisted into one ponytail > have always hung down on her back and touched her neck in spite of her > discomfort. Therefore she has built up some tolerance for this. > > I am wondering how I can help her overcome this sensitivity to her hair > touching her ears. I have tried repeatedly to loosen the braids and let them > lightly touch her ears, but then she constantly messes with them until she > becomes overwhelmed and anxious. Has anyone else had this situation? Any > suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Karmen > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Hi Karmen, Our 11yr. old daughter has a issue with her hair also. If her bangs touch her eyebrows she will wack them off, nearly down to her scalp. If her sides start to touch her cheecks and the back starts to touch her lower neck she will wack these off. The last incidence happend a few days before school pictures Yikes!!!. We are trying to teach her to ask for Fantastic Sams when she needs a hair cut. We will take her on an off hour hoping not to have to wait in line. I will even keep her home from school to do this just not to have to wait. She is not good at waiting at all. The ladies now know her and have been good with her. I cried when the previous place closed, that we used to take her to. It was a tiny little place with only two chairs. She has now adjusted for the mean time. It always hard the first few times now she knows she will feel better after. When we first started taking her to a salon I called them first to let them know I would be bringing her and explained her disability both places even turned the radio off for her. Its gotten a lot better but I used to hold my breath the whole time. We just keep her hair short now because this is more comfortable for her. > > Hello All, > > My daughter (6 yrs. old) has sensory issues dealing with her hair touching her ears or neck. For this reason I have to braid it and then pull the braids back so that they don't droop and brush against her ears. Her neck is less sensitive because all the gathered braids twisted into one ponytail have always hung down on her back and touched her neck in spite of her discomfort. Therefore she has built up some tolerance for this. > > I am wondering how I can help her overcome this sensitivity to her hair touching her ears. I have tried repeatedly to loosen the braids and let them lightly touch her ears, but then she constantly messes with them until she becomes overwhelmed and anxious. Has anyone else had this situation? Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Karmen > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Thanks Sandria and , Nice to know I'm not in the hair battle alone. Karmen Re: Sensory question... I have this issue with my daughter I have cut her hair myself because she will not let me brush it or any one else. So I have to keep it short all though it looks terrible because i dont cut hair for a living > Hello All, > > My daughter (6 yrs. old) has sensory issues dealing with her hair touching > her ears or neck. For this reason I have to braid it and then pull the > braids back so that they don't droop and brush against her ears. Her neck is > less sensitive because all the gathered braids twisted into one ponytail > have always hung down on her back and touched her neck in spite of her > discomfort. Therefore she has built up some tolerance for this. > > I am wondering how I can help her overcome this sensitivity to her hair > touching her ears. I have tried repeatedly to loosen the braids and let them > lightly touch her ears, but then she constantly messes with them until she > becomes overwhelmed and anxious. Has anyone else had this situation? Any > suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Karmen > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 I have the this issue but only in that she hates when I brush her hair. For that reason I have to keep her hair short. She begs for me to get it cute a lot. I refuse to have her look like a boy so it usually is in a simple bob. We are actually due for a hair cut and I think I am going to ask for a 20's style bob. The weird thing is that she loves to go to the salon. I take her to a higher end place such as an Aveda salon so the scents are not overwhelming. She doesn't mind when they brush her hair. So I am wondering what the real issue is. Rebekah > > > Hello All, > > > > My daughter (6 yrs. old) has sensory issues dealing > with her hair touching > > her ears or neck. For this reason I have to braid it > and then pull the > > braids back so that they don't droop and brush > against her ears. Her neck is > > less sensitive because all the gathered braids twisted > into one ponytail > > have always hung down on her back and touched her neck > in spite of her > > discomfort. Therefore she has built up some tolerance > for this. > > > > I am wondering how I can help her overcome this > sensitivity to her hair > > touching her ears. I have tried repeatedly to loosen > the braids and let them > > lightly touch her ears, but then she constantly messes > with them until she > > becomes overwhelmed and anxious. Has anyone else had > this situation? Any > > suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Karmen > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 brushing helps in general with all of these issues Subject: Sensory question... To: autism_in_Girls Date: Monday, December 8, 2008, 7:24 PM Hello All, My daughter (6 yrs. old) has sensory issues dealing with her hair touching her ears or neck. For this reason I have to braid it and then pull the braids back so that they don't droop and brush against her ears. Her neck is less sensitive because all the gathered braids twisted into one ponytail have always hung down on her back and touched her neck in spite of her discomfort. Therefore she has built up some tolerance for this. I am wondering how I can help her overcome this sensitivity to her hair touching her ears. I have tried repeatedly to loosen the braids and let them lightly touch her ears, but then she constantly messes with them until she becomes overwhelmed and anxious. Has anyone else had this situation? Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Karmen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 and i did not mean brushing hair... i meant brushing gate points From: kcboone <kcboonecomcast (DOT) net> Subject: Sensory question... To: autism_in_Girls@ yahoogroups. com Date: Monday, December 8, 2008, 7:24 PM Hello All, My daughter (6 yrs. old) has sensory issues dealing with her hair touching her ears or neck. For this reason I have to braid it and then pull the braids back so that they don't droop and brush against her ears. Her neck is less sensitive because all the gathered braids twisted into one ponytail have always hung down on her back and touched her neck in spite of her discomfort. Therefore she has built up some tolerance for this. I am wondering how I can help her overcome this sensitivity to her hair touching her ears. I have tried repeatedly to loosen the braids and let them lightly touch her ears, but then she constantly messes with them until she becomes overwhelmed and anxious. Has anyone else had this situation? Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Karmen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 what is that? On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 10:34 PM, Nuha Shiblie wrote: > and i did not mean brushing hair... i meant brushing gate points > > > > From: kcboone <kcboonecomcast (DOT) net> > Subject: Sensory question... > To: autism_in_Girls@ yahoogroups. com > Date: Monday, December 8, 2008, 7:24 PM > > Hello All, > > My daughter (6 yrs. old) has sensory issues dealing with her hair touching > her ears or neck. For this reason I have to braid it and then pull the > braids back so that they don't droop and brush against her ears. Her neck is > less sensitive because all the gathered braids twisted into one ponytail > have always hung down on her back and touched her neck in spite of her > discomfort. Therefore she has built up some tolerance for this. > > I am wondering how I can help her overcome this sensitivity to her hair > touching her ears. I have tried repeatedly to loosen the braids and let them > lightly touch her ears, but then she constantly messes with them until she > becomes overwhelmed and anxious. Has anyone else had this situation? Any > suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Karmen > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Hi, I am an Occupational therapist and an RDI consultant and have just recently joined. I thought I could explain a few things about the light touch and hair issues. We have two touch systems in our nervous system that result in two types of behaviorial responses 1) protective or 2) discriminitive. What tends to happen with kids with various kinds of neurological issues is light touch (particularly unexpected) on their skin (hair brushing against the ears or neck, hair brushing, face washing, people brushing past their bare arms/legs, loose clothing etc.) is incorrectly interpreted as a threat and triggers the protective system (instead of the discriminitive system). So they react with fear, anger ... basically the fight, flight or fright response. Deep touch (deep pressure, massage, firm rubbing) can over-ride the pain they feel. This explains why we sometimes rub an injuried area of the body. So it is better to touch your child firmly than lightly. Some OT's prescribe brushing techniques or sensory pressure games to help kids overcome this. This also explains why some kids do really poorly in busy hallways when they are looking into their lockers and other people are unexpectedly touching and brushing past them. I worked with one young man who was hitting people in the hallways and getting into lots of trouble and this was the reason. Hope this helps! nne Papadopoulos OT Reg. (MB) (SK) Occupational Therapist RDI® Program Certified Consultant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Thank you it helps with explaining the why but the how do you brush and cut the hair? I understand a bit about deep pressure because when my daughter first started getting services the OT did this and explained why. I try the deep pressure when she is upset it helps sometimes but not always. On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 10:41 AM, R Papadopoulos wrote: > Hi, > I am an Occupational therapist and an RDI consultant and have just recently > joined. I thought I could explain a few things about the light touch and > hair issues. We have two touch systems in our nervous system that result in > two types of behaviorial responses 1) protective or 2) discriminitive. What > tends to happen with kids with various kinds of neurological issues is > light > touch (particularly unexpected) on their skin (hair brushing against the > ears or neck, hair brushing, face washing, people brushing past their bare > arms/legs, loose clothing etc.) is incorrectly interpreted as a threat and > triggers the protective system (instead of the discriminitive system). So > they react with fear, anger ... basically the fight, flight or fright > response. Deep touch (deep pressure, massage, firm rubbing) can over-ride > the pain they feel. This explains why we sometimes rub an injuried area of > the body. So it is better to touch your child firmly than lightly. Some > OT's prescribe brushing techniques or sensory pressure games to help kids > overcome this. This also explains why some kids do really poorly in busy > hallways when they are looking into their lockers and other people are > unexpectedly touching and brushing past them. I worked with one young man > who was hitting people in the hallways and getting into lots of trouble and > this was the reason. > Hope this helps! > > nne Papadopoulos OT Reg. (MB) (SK) > Occupational Therapist > RDI® Program Certified Consultant > > > -- Dare to dream, dare to fly, dare to be the ever chosen one to touch the sky. keeping family healthy the natural way with young living essential oils and natural supplements!! http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/lilpixierose a great new group for EOs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Have you read Judith Bluestone's book, " The Fabric of Autism " or listened to any of her interviews on Autism One radio? > > Thank you it helps with explaining the why but the how do you brush and cut > the hair? I understand > a bit about deep pressure because when my daughter first started getting > services the OT did this > and explained why. I try the deep pressure when she is upset it helps > sometimes but not always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Wow, I have not heard of this before and it really explains a lot...  I have autism and my other half loves to lightly stroke my feet, it is actually painful for me, but I laugh and pull away instead of giving him the real response my body feels.  I have a hard time explaining to people my need to not be stroked or touched, I don't mind strong hugs, but the light rubbing on my skin is definitly something that makes my adreneline pump and face flush and I feel as if I need to panic.  One way I can indulge his desire to lightly stroke my feet is to wear very thick socks.  Another thing that I did as a child that may be explained by this explaination is self abuse. There was a point in time that I was placed in an institution on heavy medications that made my skin itch, it was at this point that I used my finger nails to scrach my skin raw. The people in the institution could not understand why I did this and at age 11 I could not explain.....  More on this at www.speakup.today.com  Sorry it has been so long... Subject: Re: Sensory question... To: Autism_in_Girls Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 7:41 AM Hi, I am an Occupational therapist and an RDI consultant and have just recently joined. I thought I could explain a few things about the light touch and hair issues. We have two touch systems in our nervous system that result in two types of behaviorial responses 1) protective or 2) discriminitive. What tends to happen with kids with various kinds of neurological issues is light touch (particularly unexpected) on their skin (hair brushing against the ears or neck, hair brushing, face washing, people brushing past their bare arms/legs, loose clothing etc.) is incorrectly interpreted as a threat and triggers the protective system (instead of the discriminitive system). So they react with fear, anger ... basically the fight, flight or fright response. Deep touch (deep pressure, massage, firm rubbing) can over-ride the pain they feel. This explains why we sometimes rub an injuried area of the body. So it is better to touch your child firmly than lightly. Some OT's prescribe brushing techniques or sensory pressure games to help kids overcome this. This also explains why some kids do really poorly in busy hallways when they are looking into their lockers and other people are unexpectedly touching and brushing past them. I worked with one young man who was hitting people in the hallways and getting into lots of trouble and this was the reason. Hope this helps! nne Papadopoulos OT Reg. (MB) (SK) Occupational Therapist RDI® Program Certified Consultant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 We did brushing for years and it never helped. As a matter of fact the more brushing we did just made Peri stim more, so the OT said to discontinue it as it doesn't work for every child. Sensory question... To: autism_in_Girls Date: Monday, December 8, 2008, 7:24 PM Hello All, My daughter (6 yrs. old) has sensory issues dealing with her hair touching her ears or neck. For this reason I have to braid it and then pull the braids back so that they don't droop and brush against her ears. Her neck is less sensitive because all the gathered braids twisted into one ponytail have always hung down on her back and touched her neck in spite of her discomfort. Therefore she has built up some tolerance for this. I am wondering how I can help her overcome this sensitivity to her hair touching her ears. I have tried repeatedly to loosen the braids and let them lightly touch her ears, but then she constantly messes with them until she becomes overwhelmed and anxious. Has anyone else had this situation? Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Karmen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 I knew what you meant Nuha...I responded just a few moments ago. Karmen Sensory question... To: autism_in_Girls@ yahoogroups. com Date: Monday, December 8, 2008, 7:24 PM Hello All, My daughter (6 yrs. old) has sensory issues dealing with her hair touching her ears or neck. For this reason I have to braid it and then pull the braids back so that they don't droop and brush against her ears. Her neck is less sensitive because all the gathered braids twisted into one ponytail have always hung down on her back and touched her neck in spite of her discomfort. Therefore she has built up some tolerance for this. I am wondering how I can help her overcome this sensitivity to her hair touching her ears. I have tried repeatedly to loosen the braids and let them lightly touch her ears, but then she constantly messes with them until she becomes overwhelmed and anxious. Has anyone else had this situation? Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Karmen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 My mom did not want to cut my hair for bangs, not that she needed to, any hair that was long enough to go into my mouth was chewed off. Â http://speakup.today.com Subject: Re: Sensory question... To: Autism_in_Girls Date: Monday, December 8, 2008, 5:31 PM Hi Karmen, Our 11yr. old daughter has a issue with her hair also. If her bangs touch her eyebrows she will wack them off, nearly down to her scalp. If her sides start to touch her cheecks and the back starts to touch her lower neck she will wack these off. The last incidence happend a few days before school pictures Yikes!!!. We are trying to teach her to ask for Fantastic Sams when she needs a hair cut. We will take her on an off hour hoping not to have to wait in line. I will even keep her home from school to do this just not to have to wait. She is not good at waiting at all. The ladies now know her and have been good with her. I cried when the previous place closed, that we used to take her to. It was a tiny little place with only two chairs. She has now adjusted for the mean time. It always hard the first few times now she knows she will feel better after. When we first started taking her to a salon I called them first to let them know I would be bringing her and explained her disability both places even turned the radio off for her. Its gotten a lot better but I used to hold my breath the whole time. We just keep her hair short now because this is more comfortable for her. > > Hello All, > > My daughter (6 yrs. old) has sensory issues dealing with her hair touching her ears or neck. For this reason I have to braid it and then pull the braids back so that they don't droop and brush against her ears. Her neck is less sensitive because all the gathered braids twisted into one ponytail have always hung down on her back and touched her neck in spite of her discomfort. Therefore she has built up some tolerance for this. > > I am wondering how I can help her overcome this sensitivity to her hair touching her ears. I have tried repeatedly to loosen the braids and let them lightly touch her ears, but then she constantly messes with them until she becomes overwhelmed and anxious. Has anyone else had this situation? Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Karmen > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 yes brushing is of not for all but it did of help of my missy as a younger child we had of to brush of her skin every 2 hours while up but that was of too overloading for me to do that every 2 hours so we did it when we seen of her escalating into a hyper reactive states. she often fell asleep afterwards for a short time. what we did find to calm her more oddly was very sour candies like war heads and or salt and vinegar chips. they calmed her mcuh so and helped of her regulate of her self. Also one needs to remember to brush with the flow of the hair on the body parts not against of it as this brings a neurological awakening and painful reaction for some. so always brush downward strokes not upward ones. we did of brushing and joint compressions for her. we only did of joint compressions for my mikey because the brushing over stimulated him to aggressive states he did not like that sensation and felt the pain not the calm of being brushed. it is of also a very special brush one uses not a hair brush that is of used. for me not like of soft touches but like of more firm ones. I to also need full hand touches not finger like touching or patting. some like to take of thier fingers to my back and sort of circle their fingers around my upper back when they see of me as i to guess a way of greeting or hugging without hugging and to me it is of very painful like being to have of my fingers into a live electrical socket sort of feeling and it causes me to arch and they usually say of sorry. but if they rub of the upper back firmly with a full hand sort of things that does not bother of me as much. I to be fo very hyper sensitive though to the tops of my hands and feet and not like of any touches there unless i to initiate of it for self. Even the husband does not hold of my hand but I to hold of hims and sqeeze of hims two middle fingers as my way of holding of hims hands. But he does also like of to give of me deep pressure point touches when he feels of my upper body being of too tense/ whe stressed I to tend to get of so tense that my being hunches over and walks fast and oddly stiff in nature and the husband has been of to make me more aware of this over the years and now can be of more straight up in my posture and not hunched over and alter this with only a verbal cue if need be but when we sit he does then rub of the pressure points to my neck and back to calm of them as he can even to feel teh knots in my muscles from it. sondra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 > Hi Karmen, Our 11yr. old daughter has a issue with her hair also. If > her bangs touch her eyebrows she will wack them off, nearly down to > her scalp. this reminds of me when my mikey was in first grade the teacher had of no ideas of how to edcuate of him as he was the first diagnosed in that building with Aspergers and so they had of no ideas , so he was of always left to hims own and the teacher just teached of the other kids, one day during story time he went to the bathroom which was in the room itself, and she was of aware he to left and was in there and so she kept of to read of the story and then he was of gone in there for too long and so she went of to investigate of why and she was of in so much shock as he had of taken a pair of scissors and even with hims fine motor issues had of cut much of hims hair off and into huge chunks of it left in patches. he had of a longer sort of kids mullet things as they are of called sort of hair before he to chopped of it. So i to getted a phone call from the teacher in tears to me apologizing over what Mikey did to hims hair..... I to knew of my son well and so I to not held her at fault and shared that is of a mikey things with hair ( he too could be of to see of hims hair in hims vision and wanted of it all off) and so I to telled her it isof a good things he is of a boy , we can just shave it and let it grow out again. he was of such a challenge as a little boy but he was of one of my most enjoyed kid because of the way he thinked about things and connected to hims world around him... and just like of the rain man Mikey too would always say " Uttt OHHH " if things were of not right like a broken button or a shoe untied. hims hands would flap and hims arms were of stiff and hims eyes would get of big and stare straight out and he would repeat over and over on the broken or not right things and when asked of right he would respond with a paranoid response of being fearful to look at it and would just point out and up in the direction of the error and say broken button like he would be of to get of sick in any moment. He to always had of strong sensory adversions and one was of copper and most all metals but mostly copper and one day in preschool a kid was of drink some milk and he putted hims pennies into the carton and mikey seen of it and gagged instantly and began of to vomit and they called of me saying mikey was of sick. So I to comed and got of him and in my way of seeking from mike found out why he got of sick. they day care was of upset to me saying kids of hims age do not vomit from seeing things... I to say yes they do because mike has done this much so over metals. any sort of metals. He even refused to let of hims dad hold him when he was of wearing hims denim jacket with brass like snaps on it. now he is of 17 and can be of indistinguishable to peers and others unless one knows of hims strong history they would not know and think of him as one with AD/HD instead. He is of very gifted in sketching and art and likes of to create some very unusual pieces and maybe he will let of me post of some here. sondra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 I just bought this book. Haven't started reading it yet. I've heard it is good and explains a lot. Karmen Re: Sensory question... Have you read Judith Bluestone's book, " The Fabric of Autism " or listened to any of her interviews on Autism One radio? > > Thank you it helps with explaining the why but the how do you brush and cut > the hair? I understand > a bit about deep pressure because when my daughter first started getting > services the OT did this > and explained why. I try the deep pressure when she is upset it helps > sometimes but not always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Brushing drove me CRAZY!!! It tickles! I think I lucked out on the hair thing. Mine is thick and straight and slippery/silky so it only bothered me if it was short enough to tickle my neck. We always kept it long enough to put up on those days where I was way tactile sensitive...it's a bit below my shoulders now, and it doesn't tangle. Kassiane > > > Subject: Sensory question... > To: autism_in_Girls > Date: Monday, December 8, 2008, 7:24 PM > > Hello All, > > My daughter (6 yrs. old) has sensory issues dealing with > her hair touching her ears or neck. For this reason I have > to braid it and then pull the braids back so that they > don't droop and brush against her ears. Her neck is less > sensitive because all the gathered braids twisted into one > ponytail have always hung down on her back and touched her > neck in spite of her discomfort. Therefore she has built up > some tolerance for this. > > I am wondering how I can help her overcome this > sensitivity to her hair touching her ears. I have tried > repeatedly to loosen the braids and let them lightly touch > her ears, but then she constantly messes with them until she > becomes overwhelmed and anxious. Has anyone else had this > situation? Any suggestions or advice would be greatly > appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Karmen > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 > > > Subject: Re: Sensory question... > To: Autism_in_Girls > Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 7:41 AM > > > > > > > Hi, > I am an Occupational therapist and an RDI consultant and have just recently > joined. I thought I could explain a few things about the light touch and > hair issues. We have two touch systems in our nervous system that result in > two types of behaviorial responses 1) protective or 2) discriminitive. What > tends to happen with kids with various kinds of neurological issues is light > touch (particularly unexpected) on their skin (hair brushing against the > ears or neck, hair brushing, face washing, people brushing past their bare > arms/legs, loose clothing etc.) is incorrectly interpreted as a threat and > triggers the protective system (instead of the discriminitive system). So > they react with fear, anger ... basically the fight, flight or fright > response. Deep touch (deep pressure, massage, firm rubbing) can over-ride > the pain they feel. This explains why we sometimes rub an injuried area of > the body. So it is better to touch your child firmly than lightly. Some > OT's prescribe brushing techniques or sensory pressure games to help kids > overcome this. This also explains why some kids do really poorly in busy > hallways when they are looking into their lockers and other people are > unexpectedly touching and brushing past them. I worked with one young man > who was hitting people in the hallways and getting into lots of trouble and > this was the reason. > Hope this helps! > > nne Papadopoulos OT Reg. (MB) (SK) > Occupational Therapist > RDI® Program Certified Consultant > > > Hi my name is . I have bi polar and my daughter has autism. I could identify with what said about her skin itching at one point in her life because I had this happen to me due to a condition that I still don 't understand, called hypomania. . I had been on lithium for many years when this happened. The dr. in the hospital put me on depakote. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Hi scarlet...that is interesting and I very much wonder about other forms of self abuse. In fact, in group homes for troubled youth, I have often wondered if when they are acting out and receive a restraint from staff, if they are actually seeking out deep pressure and don't understand it. nne nne Papadopoulos OT Reg. (MB) (SK) Occupational Therapist RDI® Program Certified Consultant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 > > Brushing drove me CRAZY!!! It tickles! > I found that my mother's brushing always made my head hurt. When I was old enough to brush my own hair, at first I'd brush incredibly slowly and gently (spending about half an hour just brushing my hair!) and my mom was always nagging me to hurry up and to brush the underside as well as the top. I also tended to start daydreaming and brushing the strand of hair (front left side) that I stim with over and over and nothing else. With me trying to hurry without hurting myself I think I basically desensitized myself, and now I can brush my hair quite quickly and thoroughly without any pain. Ettina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 I to wrote a poem titled memories of 1969 and it has a part in there about the hair brush. it always felt as if the mother of me ripped of my hair out of my head and so feared of her and that brush. it was years later that one teaches me not to begin of hair brushing at the top but from the bottom woking to the top to avoid the tangles and such. I to have of a very odd rigid sort of way of brushing hair and movement of my hand that is of not doing the brushing it sort of hovers over head and or in my space to help me feel where my head is at because of the issues of not being of able to see of my head cant always understand of the " where my head is in space " sorts of things. And if I to look in a mirror I to cant process at all because the image distorts my movements. so instead of brushing hair backwards to my neck will brush of it forward towards the mirror so while stand in front of a mirror I to be of not look until done to assure I to brushed of all of my hair into good grooming way. sondra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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