Guest guest Posted July 31, 2001 Report Share Posted July 31, 2001 Jeanne wrote...She sits too close to the TV (her nose is almost touching!), she is fascinated with things that spin--totally obsessed with ceiling fans, and doesn't respond to skills that require her vision....her brain is " borrowing " from the vision area which is intact to compensate for the areas with deficits ... Dear Jeanne, this is new information for me. I didn't know the brain borrowed from vision. Can this vision difficulty have a relation to learning behaviors? Does this mean your daughter was also diagnosed PDD-NOS or autistic? For anyone out there, I have noticed the following behaviors... 1. In the backseat of the car, when I turn the overhead dome light on, he puts his index finger in front of his face and flicks his finger back and forth (that is the only time he does that). 2. He loves staring at spinning objects to the point that nothing else matters. Will part with the toy when asked but will seek out another. I have hidden all the spinning toys in the last few days. He has not looked for new ones to speak of. Is interacting more with us. I feel he will probably find new spinning toys in a matter of days unless we can distract him enough that he will forget. 3. Wants his face up against the tv also. 4. During one on one therapy will at times completely ignore the person. Won't cooperate with a simple request even though it is something that he knows. (This is while sitting buckled into a chair - forced one on one.) How come? A teacher recently said that he will learn better by modeling the other children at school. Maybe so. 5. Always wants to play with the same toys. Bored with news toys easily, unless they spin. These behaviors are driving me crazy. My opinion, I think he is still just very immature. I think some areas are lagging behind in development and will catch up. Does anyone know am I off base on thinking that? I mean, little by little he is catching up with his milestones, sitting late, crawling late, walking late. Any therapy suggestions out there? Thanks, Marie mother of 2 and 4 year olds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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