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An idea from an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) mom to get her kiddo "going" in the morning.
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 320516" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>What I interpreted it to mean, was the high level of distractibility, especially by things the child is especially interested in. For example, difficult child 3 and computer games. Also bubbles, leaves blowing in the wind, anything falling, anything in writing... he would be easily distracted by these and lose track of time and what he was supposed to be doing. Still a problem... but it's easier to bring him back on task now he's older.</p><p></p><p>I've given the example before of my boys sitting in front of the front-loader ashing machine, just watching it. Totally zoned out and compelled to stay there. To a certain extent these things tend to calm them down, so they gravitate to these things. In more severe autism, the classic sign is the child sitting there staring at their fingers as they flap their hands in front of their faces. It's been described as soothing to the brain, to gaze at that flickering effect. I'm sure that's why difficult child 3 always would stare at the flicker of light through the leaves on the trees, from a week old. It always used to calm him down, and we have a lot of trees in our area.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 320516, member: 1991"] What I interpreted it to mean, was the high level of distractibility, especially by things the child is especially interested in. For example, difficult child 3 and computer games. Also bubbles, leaves blowing in the wind, anything falling, anything in writing... he would be easily distracted by these and lose track of time and what he was supposed to be doing. Still a problem... but it's easier to bring him back on task now he's older. I've given the example before of my boys sitting in front of the front-loader ashing machine, just watching it. Totally zoned out and compelled to stay there. To a certain extent these things tend to calm them down, so they gravitate to these things. In more severe autism, the classic sign is the child sitting there staring at their fingers as they flap their hands in front of their faces. It's been described as soothing to the brain, to gaze at that flickering effect. I'm sure that's why difficult child 3 always would stare at the flicker of light through the leaves on the trees, from a week old. It always used to calm him down, and we have a lot of trees in our area. Marg [/QUOTE]
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