autism

[Fee]

Hi

I have posted on here a couple of times and have had more answers here than from people i am meant to be getting help from.
There is one thing I have been asking the healthvisitor and all the others but havent really got an anwser. My son has a favourite bear which is all white (well it was) and he named it as pooh bear himself. he has had this bear for a year now but it's only been over the last few months that he has been doing something with the bear, he puts the bear right up to his face nose to nose and just taps his nose with the bear bending the bear towards him while he does this, and at the same time he makes a noise which is hard to tell on here what it sounds like, but he does this sometimes for a few minutes, is this something sensory with him, someone said it's just the teddy is soft and he likes the feel of it, but when he does it, it's like he's blocking everything else out.

fee

[sharon]

It sounds sensory. And yes, the bear does feel soft, and he likes the feel of it. If you feel like he is blocking things out when he does this, he probably is. Have you asked him and gotten a response that suits you? On both counts, your observations are probably astute!

The question to ask maybe is when and where does he do this and does it impact his relating to others. The next question is how do you feel about it? How would you impact a change to best serve the needs of you or your son or would you say that this is a non-issue?

[BeccaG]

OR you can track when it happens, look at the context and look for ways you can help him make the environment more bearable (ooh, sorry bad pun) or manageable, just enough he doesn't need to shut it out. You can accept it as communication "this is too much for me." and shape for more explicit expression of that idea (eventually)

[Fee]

[QUOTE=BeccaG]OR you can track when it happens, look at the context and look for ways you can help him make the environment more bearable (ooh, sorry bad pun) or manageable, just enough he doesn't need to shut it out. You can accept it as communication "this is too much for me." and shape for more explicit expression of that idea (eventually)[/QUOTE]

I cant really see what he would be shutting out at home, it's not a busy house,mostly quiet and calm, he does it at times i wouldnt expect him to want to shut out all around him, i cant get an answer when i ask him as he doesnt have very good speech yet. I really deosnt bother me that he does it as long as it makes him happy then im happy, i was just wondering if anyone else had experiences with this, i dont know if i mentioned it before but it isnt just the bear he does it with, it can be my or anyones hand or foot,any soft toy, my arm, he just grabs whats around when he wants to do it.

thanks for your replies.

fee