lyns Report post Posted February 15, 2006 Hi Sorry I havent been around for a long time so I will give my self a quick re-introduction. I'm Lynsay and I have 2 children my eldest who is nearly 6 has Autism his main difficulties are that he is non verbal, behaviour problems, self harms the list goes on but I hasten to add the behaviour and self harm is on particularly bad days the rest of the time he is my little angel!!! At the moment he is stimming quite a lot on generally everything and with this he is shouting screeching and making really weird loud noises. Now if he did this occasionaly it wouldnt be so bad but at the moment he seems like he is doing it all day long and I cant bear it any more I have a constant headache . Any ideas of how to cut this back a bit. He does it when we are out too and we get the filthiest looks from people. Just wondering is this a common problem or am I alone in this type of behaviour Any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated Lyns Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flora Report post Posted February 15, 2006 Hello Lyn, and welcome back <'> I don't have any experience of this; my youngest son did this when he was none verbal (he used to scream alot) but he has been verbal since he was 4; I also cut out artificial sweetners from his diet and since then he's stopped. I'm sure someone will come along with excellent advice. All I can offer is tea and sympathy <'> Lauren Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brook Report post Posted February 15, 2006 Hi Lyns, My son is seven ASD, he is very verbal, but his understanding of receptive language is delayed. He is VERY loud and will let out a sudden shout or scream that really goes through you, he does it at home and out and about, there doesn't seem to be any build up to it so you cant see it coming and calm him before hand, I think it's something that suddenly comes into his head and this is his reaction. And he too does this all day long, so I can really relate to how draining it gets, you can feel your chest tighten, whilst he is having a shout or scream it's hard to get through to him, I generally try to snap him out of it by standing in front of him to get his attention, but I dont try to get him to look at me. Sorry no advice, but to let you know that I think this is quite common and you are not alone. Brook <'> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jen Report post Posted February 17, 2006 my child does this when he is stressed. Using music helps him to calm down or letting him get under and into a quilt cover also calms him down. Sometimes he even likes a heavy weight on top of him and the quilt cover which also helps him to calm down. Jen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madmooch Report post Posted February 18, 2006 Hi, My son Hayden who's nearly 5 does this constantly, whooooo noises and screeching, some days are worse than others and at the mo he is worse than usual, i tend to try and block it out but i'm kinda used to iT but with my son i think he just enjoys doing it, stimulation for him, it is quite annoying when your tying to watch tv Clare Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madmooch Report post Posted February 18, 2006 Whoops It's come up twice, I'm repeating myself Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phasmid Report post Posted February 18, 2006 With a quick wave of my magic wand... (Who needs 'Jim' to fix it?) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justamom Report post Posted February 18, 2006 My son stimms and makes strange noises ... we are very lucky that he does not do it when out in public. Also sorry no advice but you are not alone... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
