Hyper-active and Hypo-ractive AutismI babysit children on the spectrum who are hyper active w/many stims. Anna is Hypo acitve (meaning under active) she moves slow, walks slow, has a hard time keeping up w/little brother and stuff. I was wondering if this is familiar to some here. Do you have hyper or hypo active kids? If you have a child who is under active can you tell me how you deal with the slowness? It takes Anna 10 min to get from the porch to our van. She stops and looks at everything and just moves very slow. This gets worse at stores or malls. SHe moves so slow and like she is drunk. 
Right now he's jumping up and down on the floor and running back and
forth between his bedroom and the living room. Othertimes, like
when we're walking to the car, he'll be dragging his feet and moving
very slowly.I'd say he tends to be more hyper though. Sometimes I wonder if meds would help him to focus ... I guess that'll come up sometime when he's in school. *blech*  I think Ansley would be considered "Hypo" she is VERY slow. But there are occasions where she can be silly and a little "wild" but I'd never say she acted Hyper. She has difficulty focussing on one thing (except the TV, of course She is also Hyposensitive and sensory-seeking (except she is hyper sensitive with hands and head/face). She is also low-tone and cannot do things like climbing stairs, jumping with both feet off the floor, etc. She also has a lot of body-in-space awareness issues but that's gotten somewhat better with OT. Hyperactive in this camp, but at least it is holding at bay my "middle age" spread! Renee Hyper all the waaaaaaay here, Baby! What I do, when we take walks, take AJ by the hand and we swing our arms...he is stiff at first, but shortly loosens up. You could try that and see iffen that helps Anna to walk with the "rhythm" of the swing. We always hafta be creative to help our children learn "normalopsity" <---is that a word? Bam, Anna does have low muscle tone. She is also has sensory issues. The therapist says she has a problem with transitioning. Mostly, going from the house to the car, from the car into a store or school or where ever. She will walk like a drunk. And tigerx3 I too have a 16 yr old son who ever so often will come out of his busy lifestyle to help and it is soooooo nice. But, mostly, he stays away; he can't deal with the kids. My 16 yr old has ADHD so all his life I was chasing him, popping up from my seat to stop him from popping up from his, and I never had a break...so now I have a slow moving calm daughter.....but to keep things fun, my 2 yr old is hyper and to him no means yes....stop means go...and wait means take off as fast as he can. |
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) but I really have to work with her to keep her attention when we're working so it's more of an attention/focus thing rather than hyperactive.