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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.

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> > 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

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> 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

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