08 Feb 2008, 6:05 pm
Yes, I hand-flap sometimes when excited. Nope I don't have trouble with my wrists after that. I get an energy kick just the second I stopped flapping. Feels great 
08 Feb 2008, 6:19 pm
I'm interested that you only developed it in your mid-20s. I'm 22 and this year have developed a head wobble/twitch that seems to happen when I think of a bad thing and need to get rid of the thought. I've also started incessantly pulling at my earlobe, which I do all day at work. I'm wondering if these are both forms of 'stimming' (a term I've only just learnt).
I'm like Neptune, I've just recently developed my hand flap. I'm assuming it may be due to my many panic attacks I've experience the last year. I also have tremors in the hands and it relieves some tension.
10 Feb 2008, 10:41 pm
I think it's a bit unusual to develop autistic stims beyond toddlerhood, but my son started toe-walking and twirling his fingers at eye level at age 9. He can control it if reminded often. BTW, he is not diagnosed with AS, just ADHD (and that was only to get special services at school) He's really just an unidentifiable mixed bag of learning disabilties with a little AS thrown in for good measure. 
I get perturbed at the "experts". I had an OT at the school tell me that if she could have observed him as a baby or toddler she would have know "right away" that there was something the matter. She didn't believe me that his issues didn't begin until around age five or six. 
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10 Feb 2008, 10:58 pm
