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I know what you mean.  DS did/does things we thought were cute, smart and clever.  And now I know better!  I thought it was a classic sign of autism.  Anyone have any information on it?  I am trying to collect anything I can get my hands on for the psych eval that is coming up.  This time I want a real dx so he can ds can get some "real" help.

I read something about it and thought I printed the article and know I can't come u with it.  Any help would be appreciated!

 

yup jack does this too My son has started doing this, too, but he references my face whenever he does it, as if to say, "Do you see what I'm seeing?  Can you get it for me?"   I'm glad he's done this be/c it's better than him jumping up and down in front of an item he can't reach with me wondering what it is he wants.  Now I know be/c he uses my finger to point to the item.  If he uses my hand to, say, push a button or a switch to turn on a toy, he usually learns how to do it himself a few times after I demonstrate how (and then assist him in doing it).  That learning is new as well.

Good luck with the eval, Gregsmom!
Neel used to do this- not so much anymore. It's a classic autism symptom. I always thought it was a motor planning issue- he wanted something done but didn't know how to make his hands do it so he reached for mine.

Nicholas use to do it and we began to make him actually do it himself first hand over hand to his complaints, over time it stopped thankfully, but he'll occasionally still take me to something he wants and point which is mush better than using my arm as an extention of his own as Jean put it...and I thought it was cute too, and I still do, just knew I had to try to curb it.

hugs,

Ali

keith does that...did. a lot of times it was him being unsure if something was hot, hurt or a hands off item...

hth

kate

 

My son does this ALL the time!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is as if he thinks he cannot do it himself or as if he thinks we are an extension of himself. I dont know which or if it is a little of both. Even when my DS is having fun / doing something he enjoys, he wants to hold our hand and have us 'do' it. His Dad has had some pretty good luck with turn taking, he will do it and then he tells DS that it is his turn and he takes DS's hand and has him do it, then he pauses and asks DS to do it alone, sometimes this works and sometimes it doesnt. He (DS) usually will NOT do this with me at all. He will on occasion do it with a thrapist (not currently in therapy). Yet when DS is alone, he can do things that require fine motor skills and reasoning ability (Example (sigh), the other day he learned that he can unzip our DVD case and remove all the DVD's (and scatter them all over the house). I think that shows some pretty good abilities, he KNEW where the case was, pulled over his hotwheels and stood on it to get the case, unzipped the case and removed EACH dvd from its holder.Yes, he used to. It is a classic symptom of Autism. It does improve as their communication abilities do. I used to think it was cute as he did it from a very young age (he was 6 months) so thought it was clever as he couldn't talk but he was still communicating. The things we think before we know better.

My DS often will pick up my hand to pick up an item, or write or whatever he wants me to do.  Anyone else have a child who does this?

my son used to do this, not so much anymore. an OT once told me that he saw himself as an extension of me not  separate so if i stood next to him when we were working then he would use my hand to do the work. if i sat across from him then he could see we were separate and he would do the work himself. dam if it didn't work that way.
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