racham1 asked:
Noah a year or two ago in his room, “stimming” or coming down from sensory overload. He used to make a lot of this sound…..for a long time…..it was like a meditative “om” to him. He would also repeatedly move objects close to the corners of his eyes and move it slow and deliberately back and forth over and over again. I called this “scoping”. This is a sampling of that behavior.
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Hi Racham, this video is so like my child. He hums and hums to himself, yet I find it hard to distinguish WHY. It happens at various times so I cannot pinpoint if it is a stim, a stress moment or when he is relaxed to be honest. Ignore the people who are making comments – videos like this help others to understand and relate to. Thanks so much.
thanks so much…I am thankful it is helpful to others!
Don’t know what nasty things that person was saying, but I wanted you to know that I am using your video for educational purposes and appreciate your sharing it.
way back before my son was even officially diagnosed if I had been able to see some videos similar to what I post here with my son….it would have been HUGELY helpful for me to even begin to think or realize he might have autism. A medical assistant is far from a doctor. I am in the medical field myself and like I said..you do not even know what my background in medicine or autism is. So give me a break and back off
As far as autism support groups? I have been there done that years ago. You think I don’t know anything about autism? You have no clue. Again….IGNORANCE is not a good thing and so many need to be educated. People should find out facts on behind something before you make assumptions
HOW dare you come on here on MY page and try to tell me all about autism or what it is or what is or is not appropriate or try to accuse me of GAWKING at my own son for whatever benefit implying to all here I am presenting him as some sort of sideshow? Give me a break. Again you have NO idea who you are talking to…..what experience I have with autism or not…or anything about my son or my life with him or our history.
Cassie and fiance…….I am now blocking you because personally I just don’t need your crap. Makes no difference to me if you are or are also not autistic, have Asperger’s or whatever. You are entitled to your opinions…but the reasons behind why I chose to film my son doing anything in his life whether it be stimming, playing, singing, any autistic behaviors is entirely up to me.
THIS video feed is a valuable educational tool then for others to view and observe and learn some of the behaviors of autism. You obviously have not read my other posts here or are not aware of my blog about my son….and his diagnoses or I doubt you would have made such an ignorant comment.
Cassie1984….I am going to take time to reply to your obviously ignorant comment. DUH….I HAD already been taking my son for evaluations and tests etc to try to find out what was wrong with him and why he was doing what he was doing. PART OF successful evaluation is filming behaviors your child does at home so the doctor can then see it.
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some celebrity “cured” her son with autism by not letting him eat any bread or dairy
THat note was actually for ahmedsmom (refering to repeating spoken words). I hope she reads it.. As for noah and his family, congrats on all your hard earned success, i know there are many to come!
well in fact back then Noah did not speak too much…and he did this as a way to calm himself..etc. He rarely does it now….and he now can speak very well…..though does still require speech therapy due to some issues with pronouncing certain sounds/letters. He has come a long way though!
This is called echolalia. Get him into a.b.a. therapy right away. If he can speak he can learn to speak for himself!
my child repeats everything anyone says. never answers questions, he just can’t. he is like a deer caught in headlights.. the diet thing failed for us miserably.. he only eats chicken nuggets and macoroni n cheese. he will go hungry for these things..his diet is limited.
oops i just read ur reply to someone else about the gluten free diet….that is my dilemma too..if i put Christopher on a gluten free diet, he would starve too
my son who has Autism does the same thing..in addition to humming noises he makes other noises as well…it isnt as severe now that he is in school…and like your son he is extremely sensitive to foods–whether it be smells or textures..i can hardly get him to eat anything other than pudding and chicken nuggets..lol…have u tried a “gluten free” diet for him? i havent yet for my son…not sure if there is any proof in it, but the dietician at WIC said its worth a try
this is what my god brother does. he also holds his ears and rocks back and forth. i loooove him soooo much. even though he is almost as big as me, he still thinks he’s small enough to jump on my back for a piggy back ride. and he finds it funny when he jumps on me and knocks me to the ground…well, i guess it is kinda funny. i love hearing him laugh. its the best thing in the world.
yes…that is exactly why Noah does it…it relaxes him. It is very much like the “OM” sound people make when they meditate!
My autie makes that noise to stim – it releases tension in her diaphragm and that relaxes her. The same effect happens when she listens to rock metal (ie not “heavy metal”) or nu metal because they are bass-heavy forms of music. She listens to a particular track by her favourite band and can be laughing by the end of it.
no…I have never been fond of the whole (DAN=DEFEAT AUTISM NOW) approach.
Noah has sensory integration disorder along with his autism and generalized anxiety disorder. The sensory integration disorder makes certain textures, smells, tastes extremely difficult for Noah to handle. It is not that certain foods cause him to behave in any specific way. It is the textures of foods or smells or shape….etc…that he struggles with.
Hi racham1, thanks for the reply. Have you taken your son to a Dan! Doctor? I know they are expensive, but they run several tests on autistic children to determine if they have GI conditions or allergies, maybe that can help your son eat more foods. I’ll take my son in 2 weeks, because he doesn’t eat a lot of things either. I buy and bake special foods and I actually think he eats different things now, and feels better. Good luck!
well Noah does not really do this anymore. Rarely he will move a ruler still in front of his eyes and to his peripheral vision…back and forth…but that is very rare now. Same for sounds. Noah would have starved if I tried the gluten/casein free diet. He is very limited now in what he eats. If I did that he would be eating nothing.
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