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Those with kids with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)...the NOISES...
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<blockquote data-quote="TheBoyHasArrived" data-source="post: 542832" data-attributes="member: 14829"><p>Thank you for the replies, sorry to post and run, we've been out of town. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I really need to add a signature, because I am really bad at adding necessary background information. We really think that K's noises are institutional/learned behaviors--obviously, we can't be 100% sure, but that's my gut feeling. (I think it could definitely be an attention/control thing.) Since there's a pretty limited amount of information on that, I thought maybe there was something that had worked for someone else to limited/control/eliminate the crazy-making noises. We have an Occupational Therapist (OT)/sensory evaluation coming up, and I'm definitely up for trying anything she can give us. We've noticed he's about 75% better when he has more stimulation (we're visiting family with children age this weekend, and he's barely making noise). I told husband that our solution is to adopt a few more kids to keep him entertained. Unfortunately, husband or I engaging him is not enough to quiet the noises. I'm going to try ear plugs the next time I "need" him to be quiet to see if that helps, I hadn't thought about that but the noises got much louder after he had PE tubes placed. </p><p></p><p> As far as language development--he had almost no language in his first language, but he is picking up English pretty fast, all things considered. I know we've missed the "window," but I just mean that he is using the noises/stims to escape from engaging and communicating. I think the noises probably originated from not having the opportunity for communication, but he's holding onto them, which is making it more difficult for people to engage him. I don't think eliminating the noises will fix his communication disorder, but I think if we can eliminate it, it will give him one less "escape." </p><p></p><p> I hadn't made the connection between the increase in noises and the tubes, so THANK YOU for mentioning that--the drastic increase was really driving me insane, so any type of explanation is so helpful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheBoyHasArrived, post: 542832, member: 14829"] Thank you for the replies, sorry to post and run, we've been out of town. :) I really need to add a signature, because I am really bad at adding necessary background information. We really think that K's noises are institutional/learned behaviors--obviously, we can't be 100% sure, but that's my gut feeling. (I think it could definitely be an attention/control thing.) Since there's a pretty limited amount of information on that, I thought maybe there was something that had worked for someone else to limited/control/eliminate the crazy-making noises. We have an Occupational Therapist (OT)/sensory evaluation coming up, and I'm definitely up for trying anything she can give us. We've noticed he's about 75% better when he has more stimulation (we're visiting family with children age this weekend, and he's barely making noise). I told husband that our solution is to adopt a few more kids to keep him entertained. Unfortunately, husband or I engaging him is not enough to quiet the noises. I'm going to try ear plugs the next time I "need" him to be quiet to see if that helps, I hadn't thought about that but the noises got much louder after he had PE tubes placed. As far as language development--he had almost no language in his first language, but he is picking up English pretty fast, all things considered. I know we've missed the "window," but I just mean that he is using the noises/stims to escape from engaging and communicating. I think the noises probably originated from not having the opportunity for communication, but he's holding onto them, which is making it more difficult for people to engage him. I don't think eliminating the noises will fix his communication disorder, but I think if we can eliminate it, it will give him one less "escape." I hadn't made the connection between the increase in noises and the tubes, so THANK YOU for mentioning that--the drastic increase was really driving me insane, so any type of explanation is so helpful. [/QUOTE]
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