hand flapping

[Guest guest]

I didn't realize hand flapping and finger snapping is a symptom of

Aspergers. If that is the case, I think my neice has Asperger too the

more I think about it.

I have Asperger's and I use to always flap my hands, not I snap my

fingers.

I do it because I am anxious and waiting in frustation or excitment,

in a word, it is anticipation. I remember other kids use to make fun

of me, and adults for doing that. It is often accompmanded with a

bouncing or jumping up and down. Think of it like a pacing back and

forth in the room.

It is good for buning calories. But isn't socially appropiate.

> I'm not exactly sure why they do it -- I've heard everything from it

being a

> stimulant to them (hence the 'stimming' title, I guess, but so few

people

> outside of those who deal with autistic kids know what that is so

when he

> does it in public, it's not always understood) to it being a useless

thing

> they just do without really realizing it.

>

> My little guy will do the finger flapping (not a full-out hand flap)

> regularly throughout the day, but when he is upset, it is much

worse...and

> only when he's really upset will he really involve the wrists. When

he was

> little, he often did his hands but we didn't even remember it until

one of

> these NBC Today Show series reminded us. I've asked him why he does

it and

> he says his fingers hurt unless he moves them..other times, he has no

> reason, but trying to get him to stop is pretty impossible.

>

> He had a skin test done last week, and they had to tape his arm to a

board

> to prevent him from moving the wrist/scratch test area, and poor thing,

> after a few minutes, we had to hold his hand just so he felt some

> stimulation to his fingers, as he couldn't flap or tap them.

>

> Re: Hand flapping

>

> >> Your message caught my eye. My 13 year old son has been hand

> > flapping since he was about 2 or 3 years old. He usually does it

> > when he's watching Tv or when he's excited. His teachers tell me he

> > even does it in school. The kids can be cruel, some of them have

> > told him to do it and he does then they all laugh at him. My son

> > has ASPERGERS. When they do this is it a tension release or

> > something? I don't know.

> >> ---------------------------------

> >>

[Guest guest]

I Know eaxactly what yo mean my son who is now 9 learned how to spell most dinosaurs before even learning to spell his nam (william)Jeff and Jodi <jjkgardenier@...> wrote: often puts his hands under his chin and flaps them. One day he said "GROWL! Look Mom I Tyronasaurus Rex!" He's so cute. =)

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