Asperger Syndrome Support Group

Asperger syndrome - also referred to as Asperger's syndrome, Asperger's, Aspergers or just AS - is one of five neurobiological pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), and is characterized by deficiencies in social and communication skills, normal to above normal intelligence, and standard language development.

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Behaving Like a Baby

JillyCat4
JillyCat4
My 10-year-old son resorts to behaving like a baby when he is having internal issues. I am not sure if it is overstimulation, or not enough when he does this. He will talk with a baby voice and and curl up and flap his hands playfully like a baby. He has done this since he turned 6. We used to think he did it for attention because he thought it was cute. We see now that it is one of his quirks or stims. Ignoring it does not help, he seems to get some internal payback when he does it. How can we help him to stop doing this? It is very disturbing and annoying to others and causes other kids to make fun of him. Does anyone have any experience with this kind of behavior?
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cant say I have run into that all to often , but really it sounds like a defense mechanism, basicly if he act wierd enough people leave him alone , granted as you have noticed this can sometimes back fire , not really sure how to get him to stop doing it , but you may have to try and teach him ways that ARE his that are alittle more socially acceptable , I kinda lucked out with the fact that I have a med condition so people kinda expected alittle odd behavior. kinda the best one I can come up with right off the top of my head is if he is into theater or tech stuff people usually expect alittle bit of odd coming out of that . some games have that effect too , tho if he finds the right crowd for that hes fine .

best thing I can state here is he will eventually learn that he doesnt like that hes made fun of and figure out something else to get that out , tho if I remember right you will want to try and curb that before jr high , thats brutal even for the stongest of kids , if I can be any more of a help just home page message me ,, :)

MEH
Community Leaderacuriousfish
acuriousfish
hi, hand flapping is a classic aspergers symptom - it's stimming as a way of dealing with sensory or internse emotions. It's not about trying to get attention usually.

The baby voice thing I think is a more general child thing.

I think you need to discuss this with your doctor or consellor - I think it is more about understanding what is making him overloaded and helping him to develop strategies to deal with it in ways that will make him less a target of scorn, annoyance and bullying in future.

Presuambly he will get some kind of support when he goes to school?
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