Increased visual stimming-help!

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I have a 9 year old with AS, and a 2 year old with probable mild AS.

I wonder if I had known about this diet 8 years ago if the 9 year old

would be as mild as the 2 year old but that is water under the

bridge. We definitely notice a difference in eye contact and speech

with the 2 year old when he is on the diet. My question is that the

2 year old has been increasing his visual stimming. He will put

items over his shoulder or head a lot and I know it is because he is

" watching " them go out of his line of vision. We are gfcf for about

a month now and have noticed this in about the last week. (We were

previously gfcf for about 6 months but planned an infraction period

about a month ago because dh was constantly questioning and

undermining the diet. Let me just say that now I have a dh who is

100% pro for this diet and while I hated the infraction this will go

a long way in helping this diet be a lifelong thing around here.

Also who should I be going to to help with the stimming? Would that

be handled by OT or opthamologist or who? Does anyone know anything

I can do at home to help with this? Are there any other

interventions I should be trying? Sorry for all the questions but as

you can tell I am really at a loss on how to handle this. It is

starting to interfere with his activities. -Meggie