Anyone elses child have this quirk? | Autism PDD

One of my campers does this all the time! (I work at a camp for kids with AD/HD and HFA/AS)He'll come over and look at me and start giggling. I love it! It usually cracks up the other campers too, so then I have 4 kids laying on the ground giggling, which is adorable.  Jason does this, too, particularily when staring at lights, though.Jessie does that all the time too.  She has the best laugh, very contagious, so it gets me cracking up over nothing too!

my boys are constantly laughing at what it seems is nothing.

but i do remember last fall,  the word pumpkin was the funniest thing ever.  Every time they heard that word they would laugh so hard. 

 

Sarah did this at Christmas time in the middle of the mall and it freaked me out because they was nothing funny at the time and she was just staring at the ceiling like it was the most hysterical thing ever...she never done it since and I just chalked it up to overstimulation from all the Christmas decor. It was funny that she was belly laughing really loud which is so out of character for her??I've heard this laughter thing mentioned as a symptom of too much yeast
in the body, and also phenolic foods, which some bodies can't process
well. Check this out...

http://www.tacanow.org/gfcf-diet/phenols.htm

Phenols are a unique properties that can be high or low in foods. The
higher level of phenols found in food seems affect children on the autistic
spectrum or individuals with sensitive guts or immune systems. In
addition, salicylates and additives can also have a negative affect and in
many cases these need to be avoided all together.

It is important to note that almost all foods have phenols, just some have
more phenols than others, and a child with PST has trouble processing
them, so you want to reduce the HIGHLY phenolic foods so the child's
body does not get overloaded in trying to process the phenols it is
getting anyway.

People who eat a large quantities of phenolic foods or foods containing
salicylates or additives can experience some of these negative side
affects:

laughing at in appropriate time (at night or when something is not funny.)
strange rashes that appear on the body
erratic behaviors and moods
self stimulatory behaviors
night wakenings
have a difficult time with their stools (with constipation, diarrhea or
undigested foods.)
headaches

My ds was sitting at the table the other day and just started laughing his head off.

A  9/93

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C  7/02 ASD

YUP!  My autistic son will do this all the time.  He will just erupt into belly laughs for no apparent reason whatsoever.  He's done it when we are all driving, quietly ... and out of the blue there is major cackling and laughing from the car seat!  It actually makes all of us laugh too.

 

Yep...Brendon does this all the time.  Belly laughs at 4am are a real trip to wake up to lol.Yes
To tell you the truth I always assume he is remembering something - I also smile when I remember a joke
My son does this also sometimes just starring but usually hes also does spazing motions with his hands. I always assumed it was a burst of energy and silliness at once? Or you know when your sooo tired you laugh? Or is that just me? I often laugh at a memory or something. ya, did it when I was younger, often I saw something yet in my mind it was not really what it was supposed to be, so eather that image would trigger a different image to pop into my head for whatever reason I found amusing at that time or ill think of something funny (verbally) and laugh, i have not done this in a very long time, it dissapeared with maturity.My ds will do this from time to time.  

Yes my son Jamie does this a lot. Her did it in the car the other day - he exploded into giggles and I looked around to see what he was laughing at (I wasn't driving!) but couldn't tell what it was. Then he did it several more times. It's great when Jamie does this as he has such a sweet little giggle!

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To tell you the truth I always assume he is remembering something - I also smile when I remember a joke
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I think it has to do with how vivid a memory she has -- she remembers things FAR more vividly and does not always perceive that we are not remembering it WITH her!

I think the vivid and highly-visual memory is probably key to MANY of these otherwise unexplainable behaviors and learning differences.  It seems like if I take it into consideration, I have a much clearer understanding of how she is thinking and why!

My son does this. I never think of it as a problem. I love when he laughes. He went through almost two years of what I call blankness. No smiles, no expressions other than blank and empty. Or he would cry.

I'm sure it's a happy memory. But I have also read the Indigo Children and the Crystal Children.

What ever it is, I'm glad that he laughes. He has spent so much time in the past sick and being poked and proded by doctors and having his favorite foods taken away, kids making fun of him at school, etc.....

I'm just glad he laughes. It makes me smile too

I am not sure if DS does this or not but I always have, and I still do!

I am often thinking of something funny at an inapropriate time.

Concernedpa.

Oh my goodness!!!  J does this ALL THE TIME and it drives me nuts!

There is never anything funny going on when he does it either.  Just last week he bursted out in a rolling laugh and it lasted atleast 10- 15 minutes or longer. 

I always have heard that it is a trait of Autistic kids???

J has no formal dx yet, but I'm almost positive though.

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