have you had any of those so called repetitive behaviors in childhood and do you still have them now?
When I was a kid I was rocking, sort of scratching my fingers, pulling my sleeves down - those were my favorite. the 1st one helped me to focus and the last one - to relax. I also liked moving around a lot, running in a hallway back and forward (rather than in the open space). I even wished to be constantly on the move because moving at certain pace helped me to think, as if my mind became more organized, less scattered.
My younger son (officially diagnosed with Autism) doesn't have stereotypical repetitive behaviors but he also does (as my husband calls it) "the finger thing" and he runs. Not randomly but in restricted environments (like between pieces of furniture).
My older son (wasn't officially diagnosed at this point, but is referred by specialists who work with him as "on the spectrum" ). Does the running thing. He runs differently from my younger one though, it's like he runs with his whole body, as if he's going to take off and fly away
Then he's come up with a tune that sounds sort of like a tune from a computer game and repeats it over and over, it doesn't matter where we are - he can just start singing it
I know it's a little off subject but still... we've just went to Denny's a few days ago and let's put it this way, my family definitely stands out from the crowd the older son couldn't keep still and periodically starting singing his tune between bites, the younger son was kicking the cats butt on iPod and was screaming as loud as a fire engine when he saw something exciting. I as usual started conversations somewhere in the middle of my thinking process and laughing loudly without even realizing how loud it actually was. And in the middle we have my NT husband trying to make sense out of it all. well at least it's never boring
Anyway, what about you guys? any repetitive behaviors?
When I was a kid I was rocking, sort of scratching my fingers, pulling my sleeves down - those were my favorite. the 1st one helped me to focus and the last one - to relax. I also liked moving around a lot, running in a hallway back and forward (rather than in the open space). I even wished to be constantly on the move because moving at certain pace helped me to think, as if my mind became more organized, less scattered.
My younger son (officially diagnosed with Autism) doesn't have stereotypical repetitive behaviors but he also does (as my husband calls it) "the finger thing" and he runs. Not randomly but in restricted environments (like between pieces of furniture).
My older son (wasn't officially diagnosed at this point, but is referred by specialists who work with him as "on the spectrum" ). Does the running thing. He runs differently from my younger one though, it's like he runs with his whole body, as if he's going to take off and fly away
Then he's come up with a tune that sounds sort of like a tune from a computer game and repeats it over and over, it doesn't matter where we are - he can just start singing it I know it's a little off subject but still... we've just went to Denny's a few days ago and let's put it this way, my family definitely stands out from the crowd
the older son couldn't keep still and periodically starting singing his tune between bites, the younger son was kicking the cats butt on iPod and was screaming as loud as a fire engine when he saw something exciting. I as usual started conversations somewhere in the middle of my thinking process and laughing loudly without even realizing how loud it actually was. And in the middle we have my NT husband trying to make sense out of it all. well at least it's never boring Anyway, what about you guys? any repetitive behaviors?
