Guest guest Posted January 3, 1980 Report Share Posted January 3, 1980 nathan chews up all his clothes too, we cant keep him dorned, lol. im always buying him clothes every couple od weeks it seems like, wehter its a shirt or socks etc. he doesnt flap his arms but does his hands on occasion not soo much as he has gooten older compared to when he was a toddler. shawna. Re: Chewing, flapping, etc. > > > OMGosh Terry!! Tristan does the arm flapping and chewing on > clothes > > and blankets. Again, never associated these behaviors as being > > autistic in nature. SEE!! I learned something new again today. > > HUGS...Colleen > > Hi Colleen, > > Isn't it something? Now that you guys have told me that your kids do > this too, the light dawns! LOL For years, our focus on the asd was > relative to SIB and aggression because they were so predominant and > destructive. When the medication started to work on those behaviors, > the self-stim behaviors [like finger/hand flapping, spinning objects > and even eye gaze avoidance] started fading as well. It all got > pushed to the back of my mind because there was so much else > [medically] going on with him. In a way, I feel like a " ghost " has > reappeared; but on the other hand, I am relieved to know that it's > a " behavior " ...you know what I mean?! LOL Pretty soon, I'm going to > have to start taking medication!! LOL > > Terry > > > -------------------------------------------------- > Checkout our homepage for information, bookmarks, and photos of our kids. Share favorite bookmarks, ideas, and other information by including them. Don't forget, messages are a permanent record of the archives for our list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ > -------------------------------------------- > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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