Guest guest Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 My daughter does this all the time. I am positive she could shatter glass with her voice. It does get frustrating during conversations. But I just ask the other adult to wait a minuet and deal with her. She gets so excited to show me something, I try to show the same excitement. I have not found a way to stop it. I haven't even been able to slightly control it, so I am not much help there. I just try to keep in mind that she is communicating the only way she knows how. Good luck Kitty -- In Autism_in_Girls , deester_s <no_reply@y...> wrote: > I need to ask. My daughter is making a lot more " noises " then ever > before. She will screech and scream as if she just likes to hear the > sound and for no other apparent reason behind the scream or noise. > I'm finding in addition to this she is also getting louder. > > Also, for about a year now she will call your attention to something > in a movie. " Look blue fish! " This is good and bad. Good in that > she wants to share something with you but bad in that she can't go on > until you recognize her and repeat what is being said to you. This > can be quite frustrating during a conversation with another adult in > the room. > > Is this very common? Do many of you see these " autistic " type > behaviors? > > Any ideas for the screaming/volume idea? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Kitty you are right! She is communicating. I don't know where to go with it. As she gets older it seems more persistant and she'll get right into your face a inch or two and our noises would meet. She'll also do it with visitors. If they don't know her very well they usually don't respond so quick and therefore subjecting themselves to a longer and more persistant " in your face " . It sounds like our daughters are so alike. -- In Autism_in_Girls , " Kitty " <ecb612@h...> wrote: > My daughter does this all the time. I am positive she could shatter > glass with her voice. It does get frustrating during conversations. > But I just ask the other adult to wait a minuet and deal with her. > She gets so excited to show me something, I try to show the same > excitement. I have not found a way to stop it. I haven't even been > able to slightly control it, so I am not much help there. I just try > to keep in mind that she is communicating the only way she knows how. > Good luck > > Kitty > > -- In Autism_in_Girls , deester_s <no_reply@y...> > wrote: > > I need to ask. My daughter is making a lot more " noises " then ever > > before. She will screech and scream as if she just likes to hear > the > > sound and for no other apparent reason behind the scream or noise. > > I'm finding in addition to this she is also getting louder. > > > > Also, for about a year now she will call your attention to > something > > in a movie. " Look blue fish! " This is good and bad. Good in that > > she wants to share something with you but bad in that she can't go > on > > until you recognize her and repeat what is being said to you. This > > can be quite frustrating during a conversation with another adult > in > > the room. > > > > Is this very common? Do many of you see these " autistic " type > > behaviors? > > > > Any ideas for the screaming/volume idea? > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Yes, yes, yes, my daughter did the same thing, and still does to a lesser degree! How old is your daughter? My daughter screamed/screeched constantly, in a glass-shattering tone, until she finally got words. It seemed to last forever, but it was probably about 6 months time. She has also had/has a volume control problem, even with her words being in now. She will speak very loudly, in places where you have to be quiet (school hall, library, etc). She doesn't seem to understand there are different levels of volume. She can whisper, but it's rare that she does. And she too can't go on until you repeat what she says. Not always, but she still does get in ruts. She's almost 4. I think ProEFA helped, and still is helping. She rarely screams now. The other two issues still exist (volume and stuck in ruts), but are decreasing. By the way, I should add my daughter wasn't formally diagnosed with autism - dyspraxia and hypotonia is what she was diagnosed with - but I believe it's closely related. Ideas for the screaming/volume...that's a tough one. I asked a million folks along the way. Advice I got was try to ignore her, don't give her a reaction (ha!, not easy to ignore when you can't hear yourself think). Also, to encourage her to use words. Noone told me about fishoil in real life, I found that advice online. That's a good thing to try if you aren't already (proefa by nordic naturals). As for the volume, I taught my daughter to whisper, but that doesn't always work. I'm not sure if it's because she enjoys hearing herself, or if it's an auditory processing issue. Good luck! - > I need to ask. My daughter is making a lot more " noises " then ever > before. She will screech and scream as if she just likes to hear the > sound and for no other apparent reason behind the scream or noise. > I'm finding in addition to this she is also getting louder. > > Also, for about a year now she will call your attention to something > in a movie. " Look blue fish! " This is good and bad. Good in that > she wants to share something with you but bad in that she can't go on > until you recognize her and repeat what is being said to you. This > can be quite frustrating during a conversation with another adult in > the room. > > Is this very common? Do many of you see these " autistic " type > behaviors? > > Any ideas for the screaming/volume idea? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 My daughter will be 5 this summer. She was so loud at Church this week. She hadn't been in several weeks and it was the end of the vacation week so I guess I had that one comming. She's unaware of volume levels in certain areas as well. In Autism_in_Girls , " " <hilarydowning@y...> wrote: > Yes, yes, yes, my daughter did the same thing, and still does to a > lesser degree! > How old is your daughter? My daughter screamed/screeched constantly, > in a glass-shattering tone, until she finally got words. It seemed to > last forever, but it was probably about 6 months time. > She has also had/has a volume control problem, even with her words > being in now. She will speak very loudly, in places where you have to > be quiet (school hall, library, etc). She doesn't seem to understand > there are different levels of volume. She can whisper, but it's rare > that she does. > And she too can't go on until you repeat what she says. Not always, > but she still does get in ruts. She's almost 4. > > I think ProEFA helped, and still is helping. She rarely screams now. > The other two issues still exist (volume and stuck in ruts), but are > decreasing. > > By the way, I should add my daughter wasn't formally diagnosed with > autism - dyspraxia and hypotonia is what she was diagnosed with - but > I believe it's closely related. > > Ideas for the screaming/volume...that's a tough one. I asked a > million folks along the way. Advice I got was try to ignore her, > don't give her a reaction (ha!, not easy to ignore when you can't > hear yourself think). Also, to encourage her to use words. Noone told > me about fishoil in real life, I found that advice online. That's a > good thing to try if you aren't already (proefa by nordic naturals). > As for the volume, I taught my daughter to whisper, but that doesn't > always work. I'm not sure if it's because she enjoys hearing herself, > or if it's an auditory processing issue. > > Good luck! > - > > > > > > I need to ask. My daughter is making a lot more " noises " then ever > > before. She will screech and scream as if she just likes to hear > the > > sound and for no other apparent reason behind the scream or noise. > > I'm finding in addition to this she is also getting louder. > > > > Also, for about a year now she will call your attention to > something > > in a movie. " Look blue fish! " This is good and bad. Good in that > > she wants to share something with you but bad in that she can't go > on > > until you recognize her and repeat what is being said to you. This > > can be quite frustrating during a conversation with another adult > in > > the room. > > > > Is this very common? Do many of you see these " autistic " type > > behaviors? > > > > Any ideas for the screaming/volume idea? > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 - , She is getting tested for Magnesium funny you mention that. She also just got over a yeast infection. Very interesting! -- In Autism_in_Girls , " david_j_mead " <david_j_mead@y...> wrote: > , > My daughter is 10 and she still ocassionally gets a volume control > problem It seems related to yeast for her though and as soon as > she's had a couple of doses of GSE she settles down. If she has > night waking from yeast-look out-our whole house is up with her > because there is no quieting/calming her down. Frusterating, I know. > I think that overall she quieted down with magnesium,too. > > Oh, she also gets that need to have what she says repeated too-but it > is related to yeast with her as well. I have wondered if she does it > to make sure she is understood-like she can't be sure we've > understood what she is saying unless we repeat it back to her. She > only does it with something that seems important to her. > > --- > In Autism_in_Girls , deester_s <no_reply@y...> wrote: > > I need to ask. My daughter is making a lot more " noises " then ever > > before. She will screech and scream as if she just likes to hear > the > > sound and for no other apparent reason behind the scream or noise. > > I'm finding in addition to this she is also getting louder. > > > > Also, for about a year now she will call your attention to > something > > in a movie. " Look blue fish! " This is good and bad. Good in that > > she wants to share something with you but bad in that she can't go > on > > until you recognize her and repeat what is being said to you. This > > can be quite frustrating during a conversation with another adult > in > > the room. > > > > Is this very common? Do many of you see these " autistic " type > > behaviors? > > > > Any ideas for the screaming/volume idea? > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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