what does hand flapping look like? Nikolas looks a little different, he holds his arms still and bends his elbows and then flaps his hands at the wrist close to his body. I have seen GTO do this on some of her videos. He has pretty much stopped flapping the hand though, now he bends the elbows and does this thing with his fingers that looks like sign language, and he will wave his fingers in front of his eyes. The doctor called this hand flapping too though his hand really didn't flap. I guess because it was stimming. There is a video with Hope2 's son. I will try to find it. I found it http://www.autism-pdd.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17516&am p;KW=hope2 Thanks, i looked up the video. Thats just something i was curious about. I remember as a kid my cousin whos autistic did something like that. I dont think my son does that, he rocks his head in a ticking motion to the right and has to rub my elbow thru out the day here and there tho he hardly been doing it lately. Is that a way of stimming?? Also i have a question i think and sons neuro  thinks my husband has some form of asd altho hes not diagnosed or anything but he constantly walks back and forth pacing aaaall the time and seems deep in thought and wont answer alot if u try to talk to him alot of the times as hes pacing slowly back and forth hes hugging himself tightly covering his chest which he hates being touched or wind blowing on it, ive asked him what hes doing he says 'i dont know' and stops but always ends up doing it again is that stimming too (if he does happen to have asd)? My husband is 31 and has done this ever since ive known him. Thanks guys im new to all this and still trying to figure out what all this stuff means! 143hayden39280.7701736111Ive been hearing alot about hand flapping but not sure what it looks like, does it look like flapping like a bird, or flapping the wrist? There's a bunch of different ways it can happen. my son flaps just his hand, back and forth. He usually also will flap objects (paper, hair, ends of belts, do not disturb signs, etc.)along with it. Hayden all of that sounds like stimming to me. I notice I will wave my hands occassionally...like you would shoo a fly, but for no reason.  I also flick my fingers.  I do this without noticing until after it is done.  I do not know why I do it.  Ali flaps her arms and claps for no reason a lot.  When she does the clapping she also makes a weird squeal sound.
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