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Tea_Time

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Comment by Tea_Time
on Asperger's Child - The Day Jack Flapped

September 9th 2008 15:02
Thanks for sharing that, Aspergers. It's fascinating to hear about AS from the inside. My son doesn't have AS or any emotional deficit but he does handflap with excitement too. His diagnosis is global developmental delay which I feel is mainly a difficulty in understanding how the world works (as far as any of us do!). He is often in his own little world. It would be interesting to know if a study had been done into what (physically) causes hand flapping in some people and not others. What are the brain signals? What happens differently in those who don't hand flap?
Good luck with studying psychology - is that in general or are you doing qualifications?

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Comment by Tea_Time
on Asperger's Child - The Day Jack Flapped

June 9th 2008 19:00
Hi Sheboo,
I also have a Michael (was 6 in March 2008) who hand flaps and so I have found these posts fascinating. His diagnosis is 'global developmental delay' which means they don't know. He's settled into school now (last year was awful as he wasn't ready and behaved very badly) and as he has a 'Statement', in the UK system he has 1 to 1 support all day. However he has progressed amazingly in so many ways that I hope he will eventually lose the 'delay' label.

The hand flapping is one symptom that shows him up as different though. He does it when he's excited and happy, for example when he's telling his favourite story, or he's thinking about something he loves doing. I so empathise with the mum who felt awful for stopping her child doing this - I have never stopped him but I have been in situations where I don't know whether to shield him from the world or shield the world from him (the last sounds so ridiculous and it is but it's how you feel when you know other people will find his behaviour hard to cope with). I suppose I'm still struggling to come to terms with it and find my courage to defend him at all costs.

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