Guest guest Posted July 6, 2006 Report Posted July 6, 2006 My son Tom is obsessive about numbers and the more he has them the more obsessive he becomes. When he’s denied all access to them he goes off them and his interests broaden. The more he has them, the narrower his world becomes and the less other things he likes. There are two things I wanted to ask everyone about this really: – we recently changed from ABA to VB and our consultant wants us to give numbers to Tom to encourage speech but we’ve tried it and Tom just gets more and more autistic (although he’ll do anything to get them). Anyone have any experience of this? The other thing is I think this is a biomedical issue more than a behaviour issue, the more Tom likes the particular numbers (he likes some puzzles etc more than others) the more hyper he becomes when he gets them. If he watches his favourite Maisy video with numbers in it, it is just like watching him take drugs – speed or something like that. He is totally hyper afterwards, totally unreachable and jumps up and down humming loudly. It is just like a chemical has been released or there is nothing inhibiting the release of this chemical. Does anyone else’s child react like this to anything and does anyone know what I’m talking about? Sara x -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.9/382 - Release Date: 04/07/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.9/382 - Release Date: 04/07/2006 Quote
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