Hand flapping

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Hand flapping
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Wed, 07-18-2007 - 9:40am

Hi all,


I just came to the realization that one of the odd behaviors that Nick has, which we always thought was just another quirky thing is in fact hand flapping.

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Christine

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Wed, 07-18-2007 - 10:04am
Bobby sometimes hand flaps also. Typical when he is excited or in the morning or when he gets home from school before he getshis meds.

 


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Wed, 07-18-2007 - 12:55pm

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Wed, 07-18-2007 - 2:05pm

Lily doesn't flap her hands, but when she's excited or happy about something, she stiffens her arms and flaps her arms up and down. Before she could walk (which was about 3 yrs old), she scooted on her bottom and when she got excited, she would flap her arms and legs up and down. Is this an ASD thing too? It certainly looks odd and I feel bad admitting this, but the older she gets the more embarrassing it is to me.

Amy

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Wed, 07-18-2007 - 2:22pm

At dinner the other night we told Nick we were taking him to see a Monster Jam show in Toledo on the 28th, he got up 3 separate times and left the table and had to do his little dancing jig/hand flap.

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Christine

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Wed, 07-18-2007 - 2:43pm

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Wed, 07-18-2007 - 4:11pm
My son has been doing the hand flapping, face twisting, jig since he was able to walk. In pre-K they recommended taking him to a neurologist to determine the cause of it. At that time he was diagnosed with a benign tic disorder. The Dr. said it would go away on its own. Of course, it didn't. Through research I started to put together the idea that his behavior and mannerisms were consistent with an ASD.I even told his Kindergarten teacher that I had just read about something called Asperger's and it sounded alot like him. It wasn't until the very end of second grade that he was diagnosed with Asperger's. My son does it whenever he is really excited,or happy, or if he is waiting for his turn or has idle time. His neuropsych still can't tell me exactly what it is. I have read a little about "stimming" and wonder if that is what it is. He says he does it because it feels good.
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Wed, 07-18-2007 - 4:52pm

Adam flaps away when his excited. I calmly grab his arms and hands and tell him "quiet hands" and it works A LOT> to the point where I don't have to grab him to remind him, just say "quiet hands" and he gets it.

I feel it's a happy thing for most of our ASD kids.

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Wed, 07-18-2007 - 7:19pm
Emily's version of hand flapping seems to hand clapping!


 


Mich

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Thu, 07-19-2007 - 9:11am

That is a great idea, I will try that with Nick.

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Christine

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Thu, 07-19-2007 - 9:30am

Peter does this when really excited or happy. He often accompanies it with an ear-piercing squeal which sends dogs for miles around cowering and wishing for their mommies.


I don't really try to stop him much, although I do sometimes ask him to keep the squeals within the range of human (and canine) tolerance. He isn't often *that* happy, so

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