Guest guest Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 Dear List Members, I'm not sure if this is the best venue for my question, but I wanted to go on and ask it to see if either a) anyone here has experienced or dealt with this problem or anyone could suggest a more appropriate listserv to post this question on. A friend of mine in our Autism Support Group has a 9-year-old, high functioning child (a girl) who cannot tolerate flying bugs and in some cases, birds. Lately, since it is summer here in Texas, they have been having trouble getting the child to even go outside because of her fear of flying bugs. Can anyone think of a drill or NET experience that could help the child learn to tolerate flying insects (and free her and her mom from being house-bound)? Apparently, the child can tolerate flying balls in ball pits, confetti, and other things falling down around her as long as they aren't bugs (or alive)--I know because my first suggestion was that they try desensitying her in the ball pit at Mcs, pairing time she spent with the flying balls with a reinforcer, etc. Any ideas? Thanks for your help (in advance). Rene' Mom of Colin, 9-year-old ASD kid who has been in either ABA or for a thousand years (okay, since he was 2-1/2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2004 Report Share Posted July 20, 2004 Please be sure to post to the entire list with suggestions. has the same reaction to bugs. It is a logical reaction for him because he was stung by a bee and he didn't like it, but it was several years ago and the bug reaction continues. He just gets distracted saying no, no, no and moving away from the bug. Certainly not as debilitating a reaction, but he's distracted to the point that he doesn't pay attention for his own immediate safety. We had a similar reaction with plants, but very short-lived. He got stuck by a jumping cactus in AZ (a jumping cactus is like a burr on steroids) and the preferred method of removal is either two sticks to flip it off or needle-nosed pliers to pull it off. used the non-preferred method of grabbing it and flinging it about 30 feet in the air. Funny, but then left him with cactus needles in his hand that I had to remove. He then stayed clear of any plant, but seemed to desensitize to it during the trip even to the point that he let me remove the 2nd jumper that got him. >From: roger jones <rdjones@...> > >Subject: [ ] Problem tolerating bugs! >Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:04:24 -0700 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >X-Sender: rdjones@... >Received: from n18.grp.scd. ([66.218.66.73]) by >mc11-f23.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6824); Tue, 20 Jul >2004 05:52:57 -0700 >Received: from [66.218.66.159] by n18.grp.scd. with NNFMP; 20 Jul >2004 12:49:38 -0000 >Received: (qmail 63342 invoked from network); 20 Jul 2004 12:49:36 -0000 >Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m19.grp.scd. with QMQP; >20 Jul 2004 12:49:36 -0000 >Received: from unknown (HELO n13.grp.scd.) (66.218.66.68) by >mta2.grp.scd. with SMTP; 20 Jul 2004 12:49:36 -0000 >Received: from [66.218.67.170] by n13.grp.scd. with NNFMP; 20 Jul >2004 12:48:44 -0000 >Received: (qmail 12995 invoked from network); 20 Jul 2004 03:03:50 -0000 >Received: from unknown (66.218.66.167) by m6.grp.scd. with QMQP; >20 Jul 2004 03:03:50 -0000 >Received: from unknown (HELO mail.compuvision.net) (216.198.28.5) by >mta6.grp.scd. with SMTP; 20 Jul 2004 03:03:49 -0000 >Received: from compuvision.net [207.71.49.111] by mail.compuvision.net with >ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.04) id AA9A1D4E00C6; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 21:59:38 -0500 >X-Message-Info: JGTYoYF78jFc0ehzBMbJzG56WBMFLWL7 >X-eGroups-Return: >sentto-371113-10650-1090327777-rekincaid=hotmail.com@... >X-eGroups-Return: rdjones@... >X-Apparently- >Message-ID: <40FCA7D8.5FFAA5F4@...> >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7C-CCK-MCD {C-UDP; EBM-APPLE} (Macintosh; I; PPC) >X-Accept-Language: en >X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 216.198.28.5 >X-eGroups-Approved-By: stephhulshof <stephhulshof@...> via web; >20 Jul 2004 12:48:44 -0000 >X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 66.218.66.68 >Mailing-List: list ; contact > -owner >Delivered-mailing list >Precedence: bulk >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto: -unsubscribe > >Return-Path: >sentto-371113-10650-1090327777-rekincaid=hotmail.com@... >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Jul 2004 12:52:57.0482 (UTC) >FILETIME=[7B1BE6A0:01C46E58] > >Dear List Members, > >I'm not sure if this is the best venue for my question, but I wanted to >go on and ask it to see if either a) anyone here has experienced or >dealt with this problem or anyone could suggest a more appropriate >listserv to post this question on. > >A friend of mine in our Autism Support Group has a 9-year-old, high >functioning child (a girl) who cannot tolerate flying bugs and in some >cases, birds. Lately, since it is summer here in Texas, they have been >having trouble getting the child to even go outside because of her fear >of flying bugs. Can anyone think of a drill or NET experience that >could help the child learn to tolerate flying insects (and free her and >her mom from being house-bound)? Apparently, the child can tolerate >flying balls in ball pits, confetti, and other things falling down >around her as long as they aren't bugs (or alive)--I know because my >first suggestion was that they try desensitying her in the ball pit at >Mcs, pairing time she spent with the flying balls with a >reinforcer, etc. > >Any ideas? Thanks for your help (in advance). > >Rene' >Mom of Colin, 9-year-old ASD kid who has been in either ABA or >for a thousand years (okay, since he was 2-1/2) > > > > > >List moderators: Jenn - ABAqueen1@... > Steph - Stephhulshof@... > >Post message: >Subscribe: -subscribe >Unsubscribe: -unsubscribe > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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