Parents of children with autism please reply?

Question

I have a verbal 6 yr who is high functioning autistic. He did have a chewing issue which has gotten a little better but now he is making this noise... its a quiet noise of the word hum,,,, like a little moan... he does this when he sleeps even.. He also stems verbally this is usually the way he does it. I was just wondering if anyone elses child did this too. I asked him if his throat hurt but he said no then I asked why he is making the noise and he just turns his head and looks down.... like normal....

Answer 1

I am not a parent but I do teach special needs children and have had much training in the area of autism.  I would not bother your child about the sound.  Its just another one of his steams.  Dont stress about it this to will pass.  Continue being a supportive parent and just be there for your child.  I can tell that you are a supportive parent becuase you are willing to ask quesions about this child.  Parents like you are pleasures to work with.  Good Luck.

Answer 2

It sounds like your child is verbally stimming...my daughter does the rocking to stim, although she likes to make various sounds over and over as well sometimes.  It's just his way of stimming...I have seen other autistic children who do verbal stimming, and yes, even one who hums like yours.

Try to give him positive reinforcement like allowing him a favorite activity when he stops the humming if it bothers you.

Answer 3

You might consider teaching a replacement behavior when he is humming at an inappropriate time. Perhaps this could be as simple as giving him a koosh ball to hold or rubbing his fingers together. You will have to teach him to do this when he is not in the situation and reward him for doing it. Explain why you are doing it, also.

I am with the other answer in that I wouldn't get excited about it right now. I wiggle my feet all the time because I need to do it and I'm not autistic. I have learned to only wiggle my feet at appropriate times. :-)

Answer 4

It sounds like a form of self stimming.You can replace that behavior with a more appropriate behavior by giving your child a neutral activity when they do this.Also a key word should be used first , we use a very plain voice with the command "absolutely not" and hand a neutral activity.Eventually, with consistency the neutral activity will not be needed the command will be enough and the behavior can disappear.I work 52 hours a week with autistic and other special needs kids one on one and over the years i have seen the success of this.Consistency is very important.

Answer 5

I'm not a parentt, but my sister is autistic. She didn't do that, but when she was little she never crawled like other babies. She sort of did this belly slide thing. My guess is it's a stage that all autistic kids go through differently.