Thanks for your very detailed information. Parents need more of precise and educated information. UCI just published a study run by Leon and Lott on a new intervention using sensory enrichment on a daily basis. The results are quite amazing. the article is public but I am still trying to get the references.
in the meantime, the team who created the protocols has just put out a treatment for the anxiety of children with autism, asperger's and PDD-NOS. It is only sensory based, no drug and does not seem to have possible side effects. The treatment ost almost less than ten tablets of Eflexor and they refund if you are not happy with it. Have you heard about it? As a parent I find this very intriguing to the most. here is their website in case you can check it out for us all:
inhttp://www.autismanxietytreatment.com
I will be checking on your blog, in case you have the time to check it out
thanks a lot
jerry
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Hi, Merely Me. What you've said about anxiety and ASD rings so true for me. When my 31-year-old son was young, he wasn't even diagnosed with ASD until he was in middle school, I believe, so we didn't know why he was so afraid of Santa Claus and clowns. Or, if we had the music on a little too loud in the car, he couldn't stand it. He could never explain what was going on, but now I understand it. He isn't taking any anxiety medications now, but I think he's more aware of when he's anxious. I notice that he will still pace the floor and wring his hands, so I ask him to please stop because it makes ME nervous! He likes to hang around me in the kitchen when he's here, so the pacing and hand-wringing get to me sometimes. I always think it's sad that we never got to get any pictures of him sitting on Santa's knee. He seems to be more tolerant now of noise, so maybe they can eventually get used to it.
I think now about how young he was when he started getting depressed and wonder if a lot of it was a hopelessness about being able to express himself and communicate with us the things he was worried about. I'm glad there's more understanding of this today. Thanks for the great post!