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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:45:40 CST
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- From: Jim Sinclair <GOLEM@UKANVM.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: Autistic Variants.
- In-Reply-To: Message of Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:19:13 EST from <LISAS@PUCC>
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- On Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:19:13 EST Lisa S Lewis said:
- >Often children with SI problems have difficulty in motor planning. They may
- >be tactilely defensive or crave deep pressure. They may have trouble locating
- >their own bodies in space. Their balance may be poor or their movements
- >uncoordinated. Or they may need to rock and spin. SI kids usually LOVE to
- >swing.
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- Sounds familiar--I will have to get this book. Can anything be done for
- adults?
-
- >Oh, and by the way, SI therapy supposedly decreases
- >self-stimulatory behaviors, but it hasn't for Sam.
-
- Could it be that those behaviors ARE a form of do-it-yourself SI therapy?
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- JS
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