Re: Movie theatre/Pull ups

[Guest guest]

Hi Margaret,

Nope, Seth isn't potty trained yet. He does use the toilet most of the

time, on a timed basis. They are just extra I had stock piled. No, he weighs

48

pounds, but that size fits him best. Well, Seth can't share a theater with

Gareth. He needs the volume so he can rewind to the same phrase...over and

over and over. LOL Actually, he can get it right to one word over and over,

take a minute to crack up at the word and rewind again. Seth would be a good

food worker, since he wouldn't eat any of it! LOL

Gail :-)

Hi, Everyone....This movie line is soooooooo funny....something only we can

understand with our kids!!! Gareth would have the volume off to watch any

movie...so we'd need 2 separate rooms to watch the movies. He'd help with

the

food, too....loves to do the cash register.

Gail....does this mean Seth is potty trained?!?!? He's up to 65-85

pounds?!?!? Joan....I am thinking of your request. Will let you

know later.

Take care, Everyone.

Margaret

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/1/2004 9:46:28 AM Eastern Standard Time,

smilinggail@... writes:

Actually, he can get it right to one word over and over,

take a minute to crack up at the word and rewind again.

Trisha also has this talent! And she very rarely if ever misses her spot!

Carol

Trisha's Mom

She isn't typical, she's Trisha!

[Guest guest]

Hannah will also rewind or stop something on the very same syllable. Right

now it's a whale sound on a Kindermusik CD. The weird thing is, is that it kind

of sounds like the noises she makes. You know this kid has sat in on 2 years

of Spanish lessons, 3 years of Latin lessons. Perhaps it's " whale-ese " that

will be her first language!

a

[Guest guest]

LOL a!

And they say our kids can't focus? LOL I know Seth can focus on one sound

like that for hours! LOL Seth's favorite TV show, well the flavor of the

month anyway,

is Jeopardy. He will get right up to the TV and point at stuff on the

screen. Makes no sense to me, but he will focus on that show for 30 minutes

without moving an inch. LOL

Gail :-)

Hannah will also rewind or stop something on the very same syllable. Right

now it's a whale sound on a Kindermusik CD. The weird thing is, is that it

kind

of sounds like the noises she makes. You know this kid has sat in on 2 years

of Spanish lessons, 3 years of Latin lessons. Perhaps it's " whale-ese " that

will be her first language!

a

[Guest guest]

Yeah, Seth too Carol. I don't know how useful this *talent* is, well, other

than for the movie house our group will soon be opening. LOL I think we

will have way too many kids wanting to run, and rewind the movies! Gosh, Seth

will show his temper if someone else stops the movie in the wrong spot, or

rewinds to the wrong word! LOL

Gail :-)

Trisha also has this talent! And she very rarely if ever misses her spot!

Carol

Trisha's Mom

She isn't typical, she's Trisha!

[Guest guest]

I was wondering the same thing. LOL We have a DVD player, but I haven't

take the time to figure it out yet. I ask my daughter to set it up for me when

I want to watch a movie. LOL I know with our CD player, you can rewind to

the last song, but not just to a certain part of a song. I'm still in the

dark ages too Sherry! LOL

Gail :-)

too is an expert rewinder and can narrow it down to one word over and

over again. Because we are going to switch her over to CDs from

audiocassettes for Xmas I'm worried about her rewinding passion....so can you

rewind a

CD?? How about a DVD??

Sherry (still in the dark ages)

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/1/2004 1:33:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,

gldcst@... writes:

too is an expert rewinder and can narrow it down to one word over and

over again. Because we are going to switch her over to CDs from

audiocassettes for Xmas I'm worried about her rewinding passion....so can you

rewind a

CD?? How about a DVD??

Sherry (still in the dark ages)

no you don't rewind dvd's but Trisha has found that you can either pause it

or you can hit the menu button which gives you a menu list where you can go

back to certain parts of the movie. If it's on the machine she will find it!

lol

Carol

Trishasmom

She isn't typical, She's Trisha!

[Guest guest]

<<Hannah will also rewind or stop something on the very same syllable. Right

now it's a whale sound on a Kindermusik CD. >>

too is an expert rewinder and can narrow it down to one word over and over

again. Because we are going to switch her over to CDs from audiocassettes for

Xmas I'm worried about her rewinding passion....so can you rewind a CD?? How

about a DVD??

Sherry (still in the dark ages)

[Guest guest]

LOL And I can't even get the thing to play! LOL All I can do is watch the

preview over and over. LOL I think I better take a few lessons from Trisha.

Gail :-)

but Trisha has found that you can either pause it

or you can hit the menu button which gives you a menu list where you can go

back to certain parts of the movie. If it's on the machine she will find

it!

lol

Carol

[Guest guest]

Okay, now do these kids have an audio or video fixation? Seth rewinds to a

certain word, but it's totally a visual stim, I think LOL I can't imagine

he would enjoy and audio tape like a video.

Gail :-)

I made the hard decision earlier this year to give away a majority of his

video tapes for the same reason... he would not only perseverate on repeating

the same passages - they would set the tone for the day/week/month(!), he

would act them out over and over again to the exclusion of everything else.

[Guest guest]

What is it with our kids? has worn out at least 4 Fisher Price tape

recorders rewind and fast forward buttons. I finally won my sanity back -

temporarily - when we got him a CD player!! Unfortunately, he has been so hard

on it - doing the same thing... that even the duct tape won't repair it

anymore.... Xmas can't come soon enough - I had forgotten how difficult it was

to listen to the same phrases, ad nauseum! I made the hard decision earlier

this year to give away a majority of his video tapes for the same reason... he

would not only perseverate on repeating the same passages - they would set the

tone for the day/week/month(!), he would act them out over and over again to the

exclusion of everything else. It was hard to do, but it was the right decision,

his OT was very happy as I donated them all to her...

Joanne

Mom to (13), (10) ds,asd,das & (8 on Thursday!)

Re: Movie theatre/Pull ups

In a message dated 11/1/2004 9:46:28 AM Eastern Standard Time,

smilinggail@... writes:

Actually, he can get it right to one word over and over,

take a minute to crack up at the word and rewind again.

Trisha also has this talent! And she very rarely if ever misses her spot!

Carol

Trisha's Mom

She isn't typical, she's Trisha!

[Guest guest]

Yes Sherry, it can be done!! But! For the CD with headphones (!) you don't have

to listen to it!!! It doesn't rewind as exactly, but, it seems to work for

!

Joanne

's Mom

Re: Movie theatre/Pull ups

<<Hannah will also rewind or stop something on the very same syllable. Right

now it's a whale sound on a Kindermusik CD. >>

too is an expert rewinder and can narrow it down to one word over and

over again. Because we are going to switch her over to CDs from audiocassettes

for Xmas I'm worried about her rewinding passion....so can you rewind a CD?? How

about a DVD??

Sherry (still in the dark ages)

[Guest guest]

<<Okay, now do these kids have an audio or video fixation? Seth rewinds to a

certain word, but it's totally a visual stim, I think LOL I can't imagine

he would enjoy and audio tape like a video.>>

Well, used to have a video fixation, however her obsession has matured <g>

over the years.....now she stims and rewinds her audiotapes. We have actually

made audiotapes OF her videotapes and she can get them synchronized to rewind

both the video and the cassette player at the same part. She thinks this is

great fun. After awhile I noticed she had stopped rewinding the music segments

so much and had moved on to dialog and just plain weird sounds. I've started

copying down the words to the phrases she rewinds like " oh elephant we were

supposed to go play baseball " , or " give it the old college try " , or " a one and a

two and a bop bam boom " . Then I go in and say them to her and try to get her to

fill in the phrase with the last word. I can also get some giggles out of her

with these too. Anything to develop some speech and communication and " bonding " .

She's come up with new and improved visual stims like watching the videos

thru a mirror or the reflection in the window at night. Then she stacks her

books in precarious towers in front of the TV screen and peeks thru the tiny

spaces left between different shaped books.

I have a friend with an autistic daughter and we discovered by accident when

talking on the phone one day that her daughter and rewind many of the same

exact phrases or segments. This might be interesting to pursue for a doctoral

dissertation on self stim lol

Sherry

[Guest guest]

This is getting eerie. It's like all our kids are from the same planet.

has rewound or fast forwarded movies to certain spots for as long as I

can remember.

Remember last year when I complained that was smashing all the light

bulbs in the house on the floor, we finally figured out that she was acting

out the scene in Pinocchio where the boys break windows on Pleasure Island.

The light bulbs made the same sound. We took that movie away and the

behavior stopped. But there's no way we could take all her videos away.

That would break her little heart.

God Bless Walt Disney. His movies have been my most reliable respite care

provider.

Therese

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> Okay, now do these kids have an audio or video fixation? Seth rewinds to a

> certain word, but it's totally a visual stim, I think LOL I can't imagine

> he would enjoy and audio tape like a video.

> Gail :-)

>

> I made the hard decision earlier this year to give away a majority of his

> video tapes for the same reason... he would not only perseverate on

> repeating

> the same passages - they would set the tone for the day/week/month(!), he

> would act them out over and over again to the exclusion of everything else.

>

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>

>

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[Guest guest]

seems to be talented enough to fixate on both! He looks and listens for

things you and I don't see or hear at first! LOL! When the teacher receives an

email at school in the classroom and it " pings " to let her know she's " got mail "

- he laughs hysterically! I guess they walk to the beat of a different

drummer....

Joanne

's Mom

Re: Movie theatre/Pull ups

Okay, now do these kids have an audio or video fixation? Seth rewinds to a

certain word, but it's totally a visual stim, I think LOL I can't imagine

he would enjoy and audio tape like a video.

Gail :-)

I made the hard decision earlier this year to give away a majority of his

video tapes for the same reason... he would not only perseverate on

repeating

the same passages - they would set the tone for the day/week/month(!), he

would act them out over and over again to the exclusion of everything else.

[Guest guest]

Therese,

I agree the videotapes can be really handy - but, when the behaviors learned

from them become destructive, I was relieved to know that when I took that

particular video away, the behavior also went away.... I just wish I could make

a video with all the wonderful things I would like to do!!! I keep trying

new videos too - no more Wiggles, now he likes dogs, so I have found " Air Bud "

so far - my daughter will let me know when there's a scene in there that he will

eventually find that will be inappropriate.... then, I'll move onto another

video!

Joanne

Mom to (10)

Re: Movie theatre/Pull ups

This is getting eerie. It's like all our kids are from the same planet.

has rewound or fast forwarded movies to certain spots for as long as I

can remember.

Remember last year when I complained that was smashing all the light

bulbs in the house on the floor, we finally figured out that she was acting

out the scene in Pinocchio where the boys break windows on Pleasure Island.

The light bulbs made the same sound. We took that movie away and the

behavior stopped. But there's no way we could take all her videos away.

That would break her little heart.

God Bless Walt Disney. His movies have been my most reliable respite care

provider.

Therese

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> Okay, now do these kids have an audio or video fixation? Seth rewinds to a

> certain word, but it's totally a visual stim, I think LOL I can't

imagine

> he would enjoy and audio tape like a video.

> Gail :-)

>

> I made the hard decision earlier this year to give away a majority of his

> video tapes for the same reason... he would not only perseverate on

> repeating

> the same passages - they would set the tone for the day/week/month(!), he

> would act them out over and over again to the exclusion of everything

else.

>

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[Guest guest]

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/1/2004 1:34:19 PM Eastern Standard Time,

gldcst@... writes:

How about a DVD??

Sherry, you can skip from scene to scene on a DVD. Maddie is into Nemo

right now, and we have it on DVD. She has not figured out how to rewind

the videos OR skip the DVD's. YET!!!!! However, she does get up, turn the

tv off when leaving the room (or on when coming in).

Donna

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/1/2004 11:03:52 AM Eastern Standard Time,

smilinggail@... writes:

Gosh, Seth

will show his temper if someone else stops the movie in the wrong spot, or

rewinds to the wrong word!

LOL Gail!!! A funny....when n (now 18) was three, we took him to see

a movie in the theater. He had to leave to go to the bathroom....he

turned around, looked up at the light, and at the top of his lungs, yelled " Hey

guys, put it on pause, I'll be right back " . The entire theater was in

stitches!!! Oh, the things we remember!!!! LOL

Donna

[Guest guest]

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[Guest guest]

Looks like I'm getting my daily laugh quota today from this list! LOL

Gail :-)

LOL Gail!!! A funny....when n (now 18) was three, we took him to

see

a movie in the theater. He had to leave to go to the bathroom....he

turned around, looked up at the light, and at the top of his lungs, yelled

" Hey

guys, put it on pause, I'll be right back " . The entire theater was in

stitches!!! Oh, the things we remember!!!! LOL

Donna

[Guest guest]

That is interesting Sherry. Our kids are amazing, aren't they?

Gail :-)

I have a friend with an autistic daughter and we discovered by accident when

talking on the phone one day that her daughter and rewind many of the

same exact phrases or segments. This might be interesting to pursue for a

doctoral dissertation on self stim lol

Sherry

[Guest guest]

Have you any experience with Dr. Greenspan? We just went to see him and would

love to talk to you. Florence