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March 19, 2001

Hi.

My son's all time favorite color is green.

We painted the walls of the playroom GREEN--he chose the color. ;-)

Also, in Gail Gillingham's book Autistic: Handle with Care she talks of how

specific colors of green were found to be helpful in mood stabilizing in

autistic people.

:-)

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March 19, 2001

my 5 yr old has a fixation/obsession/whatever you call it, with my extra large

red Indians sweatshirt. He will hand it to me and have me put it on if he sees

it adn I don't have it on. he gets real happy and excited - does hand flapping

and hugs me, and points at the bright letters. It's a red sweatshirt with

bright white / blue letters and numbers on it. I love it, and apparently so

does he

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> wrote:

>hi,

> & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp;i was wondering about eating being an

obsession. sometimes certain

> medication will stop a child's ability to feel full. if your son takes

> certain antipsycotics this can happen. their is also a disorder called

willy

> something that some people have where they can't stop eating too. dose he

> ever have enough? & nbsp;is he using it to avoid social situations? it

certainly

> can be a comfort (food). i hope he gets better. my son likes to escape with

> pokemon everywhere (see s.n.). it's o.k. if he keeps it to a minimum but i

> definitely don't like the correlation to animal fights in the show. whats

the

> dif. between a fixation,a ritual, an addition and an obsession anyway? i

> smoke, thats an obsession, sometimes a ritual and an addition right? but i

> don't think about cigarettes all the time to the exclusion of everything

else

> (unless i reallyyyyyy need one). i can go weeks without one if i have a

sore

> throat so i'm confused. fixations come with aspergers but not always

> obsessions. i think fixations are their way of having " their place " or

> fulfilling a need to structure themselves independently. maybe when they

get

> overwhelmed, with the structure in the situation they are in. this seems to

> be what my son does because when he can handle something it doesn't happen,

> but when he's nervous it's pokemon time. it's just my observation anyway.

> thanks for lisening.

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March 19, 2001

Does your son have a special color he likes over

all others?? I know J.S. has a green fixation. If he had the choice of

3 colors he will buy the green. Do anyone else have this with their children

where they only really like one color??

Amy Furlong wrote:

my 5 yr old has a fixation/obsession/whatever you call it, with my extra large red Indians sweatshirt. He will hand it to me and have me put it on if he sees it adn I don't have it on. he gets real happy and excited - does hand flapping and hugs me, and points at the bright letters. It's a red sweatshirt with bright white / blue letters and numbers on it. I love it, and apparently so does he __________________________________Amy-26, mother of 3 children: sara-7, -5(autistic), and Nick-1. Happilymarried to -25. Live in NE Ohio.Instant Chat: mommyamy26Webpage:http://mommyamy.homestead.com/FurlongFamily.htmlEgroups I recently started up:http://groups.yahoo.c!

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wrote:hi, & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp;i was wondering about eating being an obsession. sometimes certain medication will stop a child's ability to feel full. if your son takes certain antipsycotics this can happen. their is also a disorder called willy something that some people have where they can't stop eating too. dose he ever have enough? & nbsp;is he using it to avoid social situations? it certainly can be a comfort (food). i hope he gets better. my son likes to escape with pokemon everywhere (see s.n.). it's o.k. if he keeps it to a minimum but i definitely don't like the correlation to animal fights in the show. whats the dif. between a fixation,a ritual, an addition and an obsession anyway? i smoke, t!

hats an obsession, sometimes a ritual and an addition right? but i don't think about cigarettes all the time to the exclusion of everything else (unless i reallyyyyyy need one). i can go weeks without one if i have a sore throat so i'm confused. fixations come with aspergers but not always obsessions. i think fixations are their way of having "their place" or fulfilling a need to structure themselves independently. maybe when they get overwhelmed, with the structure in the situation they are in. this seems to be what my son does because when he can handle something it doesn't happen, but when he's nervous it's pokemon time. it's just my observation anyway. thanks for lisening. & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nb!

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March 19, 2001

Thanks for telling me that I never knew that...thats why he loves going

into the tent I bought him so much and why it calms down after he's been

in it for a while

kandiedem@... wrote:

> Hi.

> My son's all time favorite color is green.

> We painted the walls of the playroom GREEN--he chose the color. ;-)

>

> Also, in Gail Gillingham's book Autistic: Handle with Care she talks of how

> specific colors of green were found to be helpful in mood stabilizing in

> autistic people.

>

> :-)

> kandie

>

> Kandie and (8 years)

> * My autism website : <A

> HREF= " http://www.homestead.com/wholefamily/wholefamily1.html " >Spectrum

> Children's Support</A> *

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> HREF= " http://kidsactivities.homestead.com/spage.html " >spage</A>

> *

>

March 20, 2001

hi, i wish i had a sweater like that, it sound like fun:) my son loves purple but he dosen't demand it at much now as when he was younger. we went to an easter egg hunt when he was seven and he would'nt pick up any eggs unless they were purple. he did'nt find any and he started crying untill another boy gave him a purple one from his basket. we had a long talk about why easter hunts are supposed to be a good time when we left. i definately know how colors can ruin an outing. he was very pleased with his one purple egg though.

meg

March 20, 2001

I feel the same way about purple eggs myself.

From: mpoke327@...

Reply-To: autism-aspergers

Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 10:18:00 EST

To: autism-aspergers

Subject: Re: obsessions

hi, i wish i had a sweater like that, it sound like fun:) my son loves

purple but he dosen't demand it at much now as when he was younger. we went

to an easter egg hunt when he was seven and he would'nt pick up any eggs

unless they were purple. he did'nt find any and he started crying untill

another boy gave him a purple one from his basket. we had a long talk about

why easter hunts are supposed to be a good time when we left. i definately

know how colors can ruin an outing. he was very pleased with his one purple

egg though.

meg

March 20, 2001

I don't know - he doesn't really show preference other than liking my bright red

sweatshirt. I think red must be a tantalizing color to him - with the white and

blue..

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-5(autistic), and Nick-1. Happily

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--- lostinia

> wrote:

>Does your son have a special color he likes over

>all others?? & nbsp; I know J.S. has a green fixation. & nbsp; If he had the choice

of

>3 colors he will buy the green. & nbsp; Do anyone else have this with their

children

>where they only really like one color??

>

>Amy Furlong wrote:

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cite= " mid:20010319182551.433C936F9@... " ><pre wrap= " " >my 5 yr

old has a fixation/obsession/whatever you call it, with my extra large red

Indians sweatshirt. He will hand it to me and have me put it on if he sees it

adn I don't have it on. he gets real happy and excited - does hand flapping and

hugs me, and points at the bright letters. It's a red sweatshirt with bright

white / blue letters and numbers on it. I love it, and apparently so does he

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stop a child's ability to feel full. if your son takes & lt;BR & gt;certain

antipsycotics this can happen. their is also a disorder called willy

& lt;BR & gt;something that some people have where they can't stop eating too.

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situations? it certainly & lt;BR & gt;can be a comfort (food). i hope he gets

better. my son likes to escape with & lt;BR & gt;pokemon everywhere (see s.n.).

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that's good though and nice of the little boy to give him the purple egg

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> wrote:

>hi, & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp;i wish i had a

sweater like that, it sound like fun:) my son loves

> purple but he dosen't demand it at much now as when he was younger. we went

> to an easter egg hunt when he was seven and he would'nt pick up any eggs

> unless they were purple. he did'nt find any and he started crying untill

> another boy gave him a purple one from his basket. we had a long talk about

> why easter hunts are supposed to be a good time when we left. i definately

> know how colors can ruin an outing. he was very pleased with his one purple

> egg though.

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