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<blockquote data-quote="TerriH" data-source="post: 315282" data-attributes="member: 298"><p>My son has Aspergers. </p><p> </p><p>The difficulty with diagnosis was explained to me: toddlers do wierd things all the TIME! Where do you draw the line between playing and a symptom? </p><p> </p><p>Instead they addressed DS weaknesses as they came up until, yes, he WAS diagnosed with what I always suspected he had. Aspergers.</p><p> </p><p>Don't stop her from spinning. Emotional tension and anxiety is a biggie with these kids, and the spinning helps them to "Center themselves", in the words of a therapist, and therefor keep control of themselves. </p><p> </p><p>Besides, spinning is socially acceptable in a toddler, and I have noticed in my son that such behavior became much less common as he grew up. </p><p> </p><p>He is 15 now, and he only holds a plastic sword perhaps one day a week, and that only at home. And, like a previous poster stated, if he wants to hold a plastic sword inside his own home, it *IS* his home! He no longer rubs his stomach with it, but he does hold it. And, nobody at home really cares if he does hold it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerriH, post: 315282, member: 298"] My son has Aspergers. The difficulty with diagnosis was explained to me: toddlers do wierd things all the TIME! Where do you draw the line between playing and a symptom? Instead they addressed DS weaknesses as they came up until, yes, he WAS diagnosed with what I always suspected he had. Aspergers. Don't stop her from spinning. Emotional tension and anxiety is a biggie with these kids, and the spinning helps them to "Center themselves", in the words of a therapist, and therefor keep control of themselves. Besides, spinning is socially acceptable in a toddler, and I have noticed in my son that such behavior became much less common as he grew up. He is 15 now, and he only holds a plastic sword perhaps one day a week, and that only at home. And, like a previous poster stated, if he wants to hold a plastic sword inside his own home, it *IS* his home! He no longer rubs his stomach with it, but he does hold it. And, nobody at home really cares if he does hold it. [/QUOTE]
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