Visual Stim?

[Guest guest]

My daughter has a stim where she will be watching a DVD and rewind a short part

(like 5-10 seconds) over and over. Would this be a visual stim? Does it sound

yeast related? She doesn't have any of the other stims you would think of as

visuals (waving hands in front of face, etc.) Thanks.

[Guest guest]

My son does this, and has always done it. I figure it has to do with the

auditory processing disorder. It is getting better, but when he first

regained expressive and then even reciprocal speech, I would have to ask the

same question or give the same direction over and over. he wasn't being

rude nor just ignoring me. His ears " hear " just fine (we had him tested)

but his brain processes what the ears hear at a much slower rate, so I think

he is rewinding the show in order to hear it over and over again in order to

process it and then be able to follow the show.

Auditory processing and autism so often go hand in hand that Callier Center

for Speech and Language Disorders told me they will test kids without ASD

for APD specifically as one can have APD without also having ASD but if a

child is diagnosed as ASD, it is assumed they also have APD.

I would be interested in hearing other opinions, but in my son, I am pretty

sure it has to do with APD. Supposedly there are things -- therapies that

can improve APD such as things done within the confines of speech therapy

and there are listening programs.

However, for children who are toxic in mercury as I am sure my son is, I

think to get at the root problem one has to address the mercury toxicity.

Other things can and will help, but if a child is toxic, these other things

will not be a permanent fix. Just my opinion. I have noticed that since we

started doing ACP that my son's auditory processing is better. He will now

respond more often to a request or a question when asked only once. Time

will tell more.

I have a visual processing disorder in one eye. When the problem is in the

" brain " and not in the organ -- such as in my case in my eye -- no eye glass

or contact can fix it. I have to carry a paper around with me in my wallet

that explains this. I legally drive because my other eye does not have this

processing disorder and is 20/25, and so don't have to wear glasses to

drive, but I will say having this problem severely reduces my depth

perception.

It must be frustrating to hear in one sense, but not really hear. I think

someday, this will be included in ARD documents as a sort of hearing

impairment and schools will have to address this within the autism

supplement --- They need to. Do you suppose Texas teachers are prepared for

students with APD?

Getting down to the child's level, making sure the child can see the

speaker's mouth move, allowing time for the child to " process " what has been

said, and the understanding and patience needed to realize things may have

to be said 2 or many more times in order for the child to process it - these

are the things parents and teachers need to know.

You can find out more about auditory processing disorder here:

http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/auditory.html

Of course, it could be possible that it is a form of " stimming. " " Stimming "

as I have come to understand it is often done to provide a calming feeling

to a child. I know if I like a particular song, I will often play the song

over and over -- much to my husband's chagrin! But then, maybe I'm

" stimming " after a long day! But when my son just rewinds one section at a

time of a show, I get frustrated with that!

[Guest guest]

> My daughter has a stim where she will be watching a DVD and rewind a short

part (like 5-10 seconds) over and over. Would this be a visual stim?

Possibly, or auditory, or OCD. Most auditory issues meant yeast at my house.

Some visuals were yeast, some were related to other things. Some OCD was

related to yeast, but not all.

Dana