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Hand flapping
| 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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Edited 2/19/2008 1:41 pm ET by littleroses
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
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
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.
--Nora
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Mich
That is a great idea, I will try that with Nick.
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Christine
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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