Amnesty Re: what about sounds; what sounds do you not like and why

May 4, 2009

When our Bella was born early, the nurses in the NICU told us that her senses

were underdeveloped due to her prematurity. They said that she had been used to

being cramped in her mums uterus. Because of this, they always kept her swaddled

tightly, with her arms across her chest and her knees up to her belly. If she

was left unswaddled, she would scoot until she hit the isolette walls to have

something to orient herself. Listening to the nurses in the NICU was very

educational and it reminded me so much of Katy's sensory integration troubles

that I found it fascinating. ~~~Aggy

" No one can make you feel inferior without your permission " ~~Elanor Roosevelt

Subject: Amnesty Re: what about sounds; what sounds

do you not like and why

To: Autism_in_Girls_and_Women

Date: Monday, May 4, 2009, 7:31 PM

Judith Bluestone suggests the reason that individuals on the autism

spectrum tend to be poor sleepers is due to the issue of proprioception.

If you don't know where you are in space (proprioception) , you need

another sense to tell you where you are. Individuals switch to using

vision to tell them where they are in space. When you expect them to

lie down in bed in a dark room and shut their eyes, you're asking them

to shut off their most relied upon (not most reliable) sense in terms of

telling them where they are in space.

McKean is a man w/ autism who writes that he sleeps w/ teddy

bears all around him. He describes being able to roll into them, push

his body into them, for proprioceptive input. He can tell where he

begins and ends with those teddy bears around him.

HANDLE activities are designed to integrate the senses so that vision is

used in concert w/ other senses, and not compensating for neural

underconnectivity.

Penny

>

> I made a weighted blanket for my son a few months ago. I think it is

helping him sleep better and he seems less anxious. He sleeps with piles

of blankets and his bed is often soaked with sweat. So I tried to make a

blanket that I could toss in the washing machine. I didn't want to use

gravel or beans or rice or sand to weigh the blanket. I found a duvet

cover on sale at Ikea in his favorite color to cover the outside. I

thought I could change the cover from time to time just for variety.

>

> For the weighted blanket on the inside, I used some cotton linen

kitchen towels and sewed them to made squares. I stuffed the squares

with small polyester beads. I found a website where I could buy the

beads in bulk and so it was much, much cheaper than buying little bags

of poly beads from the fabric store. I found several formulas for

figuring out the weight and so my son's bed is about 15 pounds.

>

> If anyone is interested in making a weighted blanket, you can email me

and I'll send you more detailed directions.

>

May 4, 2009

what I to be of wondering on though is if the proprio is of neurolgy and in part

which i to agree , is in part related to sleep issues, I to wondered then how

Melotonin seems to work for some kids as it seems to somehow cross over that

barrier of proprio enough to allow sleep for some. I to wondered of how that

checmial or whatever it is affects the proprio to allow sleep,,, so oddlyit must

be of somehow affect neurology to some fashions... because for me I ot not take

melatonin every nigth but I to have times of need for it to get of a good sleep

if feeling much much out of sync.

sondra

May 4, 2009

ladies

melatonin is a natural hormone that your body produces to induce sleep

melatonin is a supplement and not a medicine

some people if they make enough melatonin or their body was heavily

supplemented, then melatonin will work the opposite way

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To: " Autism_in_Girls_and_Women "

<Autism_in_Girls_and_Women >

Sent: Monday, May 4, 2009 10:47:33 PM

Subject: Re: Amnesty Re: what about sounds; what

sounds do you not like and why

Yes it can overshadow proprioception issues and induce sleep, usually

for about 4 hrs. This is why many find that melatonin often results in

night waking, although not always. As you have noted, it's not

necessary to take it every night to see the effects.

> what I to be of wondering on though is if the proprio is of neurolgy

> and in part which i to agree , is in part related to sleep issues, I

> to wondered then how Melotonin seems to work for some kids as it

> seems to somehow cross over that barrier of proprio enough to allow

> sleep for some. I to wondered of how that checmial or whatever it is

> affects the proprio to allow sleep,,, so oddlyit must be of somehow

> affect neurology to some fashions... because for me I ot not take

> melatonin every nigth but I to have times of need for it to get of a

> good sleep if feeling much much out of sync.

> sondra

>

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