Re: Several ?'sGagging, Stools, Eye-Contact

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I'm replying to the questions from your list I can contribute to.

>>> What does it mean when your child gags? This is increasing.

Can be different things. One of my son's had a sensitive stomach and

IBS. Taking enzymes regularly for several months made this gagging go

away. He continues with magnesium to. Some people get yeast or

pathogens which contribute to gagging, but my son had done this gagging

from birth.

>>>> Is there meaning to stools that float versus sink. We are dealing

with floating.

Here is a list of what stool consistency and color may mean:

http://www.enzymestuff.com/rtstools.htm

>>> As long as you have eye-contact problems does is mean you continue

to still have one of these problems: yeast, bacteria or viral?

I personally think the eye-contact issue is way over-rated. I didn't

worry much about that, but to other people, this is a very big deal.

That said, my older son had very little eye-contact when he was more

debilitated. His eye-contact is now great and he is 'recovered'.

There is an exception...when he is really intently listening and trying

to understand, such as listening to the teacher explain something in

class, he does not look at the teacher. He has his ear pointed toward

the teacher to hear better. So I explain to the teacher that just

because his eyes are not pointed at him/her, this does not mean he is

day-dreaming...look for his ear to be pointed toward the teacher to

hear her/him better.

I was reading a book on body language over this past summer and it said

that most people (NT) get 60% of their information from a conversation

from the speaker's body language. That struck me as very high. I don't

get 60% worth of information from someone's body language (but I'm a

bit of a spectrum person anyway, so maybe that is not surprising).

But it did tell me how much of a disadvantage spectrum people have in

this world if most people are expecting to 'read' and 'give off' 60% of

information from body language. I would be quite concerned that you can

be getting 60% of your interpretation wrong. Oops, digressing here.

>>> I am sorry so many questions. I have been reading and rereading. We

> have been working on this for 6 months and I still feel overwhelmed

and alone. Thank goodness this group is here. I am so greatful to all

of your support. Melinda

No problem. Just keep asking and asking! There is a lot of information

on many fronts circulating around in the world of autism.

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