Guest guest Posted April 25, 2001 Report Share Posted April 25, 2001 This is too weird, after reading your post a, I realized that one of Angel's very favorite things to do is to play with my gardening string and pull it all around the yard while I work on pulling weeds. This roll of string will captivate her for soooooo long. Then I take it away when we are done and I put it with the gardening gear for the next time. We don't have any string in the house, no shoe laces for her even. But she does pluck the fancy shiney little thing a ma jigs out of the bike handles and plays with them while she watches tv. I keep picking them up and tossing them in the garbage and she keeps finding more somewhere, swear she has a hidden stash of them. And she did freak out last week when her aide took a piece of thread from her and threw it in the garbage. And what joy she has when she gets into the thread from my sewing machine. Wow!!! What a revalation!! This site is fab, and everyone here has soooo much knowledge and info to share. I am learning plenty. Thanks everyone. Cheryl Re: New here... Intro & a few questions > i hear ya, nathan has a thing for dangly things in > front of his face too, we just finished another two > week inpatient study and treatment for this > stereotypic behavior, he especially likes shoe > strings, but will dangle ties,necklaces, toys with > dangly arms and legs, and belts or suspenders. He is > part of a research study for stereotypic behaviors > trying to find ways to stop or lessen them if internal > or other varencies etc, We are to suppose to take all > strings away and we have for the most part, except for > sumday, church is unbearable if he doesnt have a > string. occasionally he finds one, he had somewhere, i > didnt find,lol, the little hoarder. He still often > asks for them or signs for them but we just keep > changing the subject He is playing a little more with > the toys around the house, and with his brother,so > only time will tell. shawna. > --- Vaughan <mmgraybill@...> wrote: > > Hi , > > Well, I first started to suspect that had > > someting other than ds when other people started > > bringing it up. A friend would see something on tv > > and > > recognize characteristics that had. Then when > > I > > started learning more about autism I started to > > really > > wonder. often will not look a person in the > > the > > eyes when he is talking to them. He likes to dangle > > certain objects in front of his face for hours. > > (shoestrings, t-shirts, necklaces) He rarely plays > > with toys but sometimes when he does he lines then > > up > > on the floor and moves them all around the house in > > a > > line. He also has a lot of self-stimulating > > behaviors. > > He often rubs the palms of his hands on things like > > the corners of blankets or my least favorite, on the > > end of MY NOSE! > > So those are just some of the things that made me > > wonder. is a very social boy and that part of > > him makes people who know about autism think he > > doesn't have it until I describe the things above > > and > > then they agree. > > The only advantage to having these autistic > > tendancies is that he is eligible for a lot more > > services with the Regional Center. > > Good luck . > > > > > > Mom to 12 > > --- <murraynm@...> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, I have a 5 1/2 year old son with > > > DS, who I think > > > may have ASD as well. We are awaiting an > > > appointment with an autisim > > > ped at our local children's hospital. I am > > > wondering what > > > symptoms/behaviours your child first displayed > > that > > > made you wonder > > > if they have ASD. Did you discover this on your > > > own, or did a > > > doctor, therapist or other professional suggest > > the > > > diagnosis? I > > > admit I have thought for a while that perhaps > > there > > > was more to > > > than just DS, but am confused about this whole > > dual > > > diagnosis thing. > > > Yet the more info I find out on ASD, the more I > > see > > > certain > > > behaviours in . > > > > > > We live in Alberta, Canada. I am married and have > > 2 > > > other sons, > > > (12) and Blake (8). I look forward to > > > getting to know > > > everyone and hearing about your children. Please > > > bear with me, this > > > is my first experience with a listserve and am not > > > sure how it works! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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