Stimming: is it uncontrollable??? | Autism PDD

Ok, I am just trying to learn everything I can to understand my daycare child who most likely will get dx of asd.

I don't know if anyone has the answer or not. 

I was wondering if stimming is a controlled thing or do they not even realize they are doing it? 

Thanks in advance for your comments.

You all are always so helpful to me, especially since I am not even a "parent" of an asd child and posting on "your" board!!!

I know my ds does NOT know he is doing it...he just doe sit. VOcally, he will scream  and visual stim with hims fingers. I dont know if or how to stop it. He is almost 4, so people look at him strange, but he does not notice.

Here's a good article about stimming.  Stimming is basically sensory-seeking behavior, so if you can give calming sensory input and avoid input in types or amounts that are overstimulating, then it should lessen the need to stim.

http://www.tsbvi.edu/Outreach/seehear/archive/mannerism.html

Good luck with everything.

well, as a kid at least when I was that age i could care less others saw me doin it, its hard to explain, not that i did not care, but did not understand it was not acceptible, or that they would respond negativly, or in any way to my behavior for that matter. At that time, i felt i was the only person, well... in existance, i cant explain it, no word i know of, but its simiar to lack of empathy... hmm.... im thinking... u cant see the world thru others eyes, very self centered. At that age, you feel no embarassment about your behavior

Fast forward another half decade, and that changes. If one is HF enough, they will realize not only is the behavior inappropriate, but others react negaticly to it, and it hurts your self image in their eyes (by now i was caring what others thought of me, around 9-10). I felt embarrassed, ashaimed about this behavior and seeked to repress it. I never did it in public again. My major issue now days, since i was 3 i rock in my sleep. My parents knew i did this when little, i was loud, and i guess they used to check up on me, but as i got older i had to go 'underground' with that, be quiet, shut and lock door. The test came in collage, i had a dorm, roomate, did i stime?? In those 2 years no i did not, i repressed it as the urge was still their, over time, i learned to sleep without it, (absolute touture). Now, at the age of 25 (i turn 25 in 3 weeks) i do this every night still, slightly modified from the age of 3 as im to heavy to do it the way i used to.

Can one help it, yes, as a kid, do they want to in public, no, later in life, they will increase in function (usually) and will want to fit in, like i did, and that causes them to re-think, and act on behavior. These kids are to young to understand this behavior is unacceptable. My parents never punished me for it, but they did critisize me even at that age.
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