Guest guest Posted November 21, 2001 Report Share Posted November 21, 2001 Ann... Zack used to enjoy this as well... and I agree, talk about drive you nutso... one thing I did was to give him a flashlight and let him play with it in his room... he seemed to feel the need to watch the room change with the turning off and on of the light and the flashlight worked wonders for this. Yes it was another self stim for him but one that I could more easily wean him from and one that he could do on his own and not make the rest of us crazy. Anytime he would start to turn off and on the room lights, Id give him the flashlight and tell him he could play with the light in his room and he would go in there and do it... of course the first few times were accompanied by tantrums... He did grow out of the stim but will still occasionally do it in a new place... I think he likes to see the differences in a new room with and without light. He will stop now when we say NO. Triss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 21, 2001 Report Share Posted November 21, 2001 > Hi! Does anyone have a problem with his/her child constantly turning > on/off lights? Here is my information on this. Diet and other issues can help, as well as my ideas here, depending on why your son does it. http://home.pacbell.net/cscomp/lightsw.htm Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 21, 2001 Report Share Posted November 21, 2001 Ann, My son went through this as a phase. i felt he was seeking out cause & effect so I tried to keep toys out that did this (anything with a button or instant reaction) Kathy in Denver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 21, 2001 Report Share Posted November 21, 2001 Ann, My son went through this as a phase. i felt he was seeking out cause & effect so I tried to keep toys out that did this (anything with a button or instant reaction) Kathy in Denver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 23, 2001 Report Share Posted November 23, 2001 Ann we had this problem for about 6 mnths with our two year old. He slowly stopped doing it, I'm not exactly sure why? We persistantly redirected him to another activity and of course maybe his diet change supplements have helped also...every once in a while he will still turn on or of a light but not to the strobe light effect that use to make us crazy...Sharon C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2001 Report Share Posted November 25, 2001 In a message dated 11/21/2001 8:19:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, fabc1@... writes: > Hi! Does anyone have a problem with his/her child constantly turning > Hi Ann: Sorry, I don't have any ideas but my son does that too especially in public places. I find people just don't think it's amusing. He loves to turn off the lights in my daughter's school office - the secretaries don't think he's cute at all. I'd love to hear any suggestions too. I just wanted you to know that your son isn't the only one. (how interesting - i wonder why they do it??) Maybe he's trying to hustle me out of there because it usually works??!! Lucy, mom of Billy, 5 yo, ASD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2001 Report Share Posted November 25, 2001 My son did this(turned the lights off) as a way to stop the activity in the room it was his way of telling them he had had enough. Pat Re: OT-Lights-on/off | In a message dated 11/21/2001 8:19:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, fabc1@... | writes: | | | > Hi! Does anyone have a problem with his/her child constantly turning | > | | Hi Ann: | Sorry, I don't have any ideas but my son does that too especially in public | places. I find people just don't think it's amusing. He loves to turn off | the lights in my daughter's school office - the secretaries don't think he's | cute at all. I'd love to hear any suggestions too. I just wanted you to | know that your son isn't the only one. (how interesting - i wonder why they | do it??) Maybe he's trying to hustle me out of there because it usually | works??!! | Lucy, mom of Billy, 5 yo, ASD | | | Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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