Sitting Still

Motion is normal " independent study time " is code for child storage. You see it is much cheaper to force a child to sit still than it is to educate them. This is a painful experience that has little purpose or benefit for the child. If I am really studding I walk around, talk to friends grab a snack scroll through Facebook and get comfortable. I can't fully focus unless everything is just right, sure I get distracted but the computer waits for me and helps me. I can stimy out some very difficult math problems and choose the right answer out of a group of 4, but it hurts not to move and it is stressful to be forced to put aside my basic needs, just to make things easier for a teacher who lacks my imagination.

The Twins

When I was 3 years old my mother told me a story about 2 twins, they did not feel pain. They pulled a dresser on top of themselves and died laughing.
Is it really a disorder to feel pain, from harmful things? Feeling pain from sound or over-stimulation or lack of motion may be as natural as feeling pain from a burn of a cut. These things are associated real dangers. Sounds and lights are used to attract people to unsafe places like bars, casinos, and wild parties. Lack of motion, may also be painful, especially for people with hypermobility syndrome who need mussels to support their bodies structure and maintain energy flow throughout the body.
Pain is a warning not a disorder, it is important to be aware of predators. Be aware that predators are exploiting kids in schools by forcing them to sit still for a profit. The restriction of motion and lack of choice in schools is bad for children. The schools are becoming more and more like factory farms. Children are being kept in smaller spaces, given more drugs and less nutrition. Children are given a standardized education graded and forced to sell themselves as products. I have been made to feel like a defective product, but I am not a product I am a person.

http://marytormey3.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-twins.html

Autistic Diet, Thought Experiment.

What would happen if you took all the animals at a zoo and fed them a diet of only hay? You might guess that some of the animals would survive much better on this diet than others. Will a horse may survive years on hay the zoo cat would starve if it had nothing else. Please get the idea out of your head that everyone should eat the same thing! Most schools serve a diet that is inadequate for most children.


Link to this:
http://marytormey3.blogspot.com/2015/01/autistic-diet-thought-experiment.html

The GROW Program

Gardening
Reuniting with nature and animals.
Observing nature, food interactions, and personal behavior patterns.
Watching and understanding speech, communication and treatment of others.

Self Control

If your child is being crazy, and lacking self control they may need more activity. It is not the childs fault they have so much energy, teach them to correct the problem with physical activity such as running or push ups or jumping jacks. An active form of time out can improve health and teach self control without asking the incapable to sit still when they have a strong need to move. Let the avoiders rest, let seekers run, don't punish kids with sensory disorder teach them to regain self control.

Taking Care of Hypermobile Joints

1. Stretch often.
2. Keep joints warm.
3. Build strength.
4. Avoid foods that cause swelling.
5. Avoid clothing that restricts motion.
6. Use even pressure to prevent swelling and increase comfort.
7. Avoid clothing and furniture that cuts off circulation.
8. Keep moving, regularly to encourage blood flow.
Accommodations may include plenty of play time, limited writing, hand warming pad, comfortable chairs, gardening and animal time. In order for the environment to be fully inclusive this should be provided to all students regardless of disability or difference.

Child With Narrow Ear Canals

Child With Narrow Ear Canals The child's brain is working very hard to understand the signals his ears send his brain. Narrow ear canals physically alter a child's perception of sound. He will hear high pitched noises loudly, but be almost deaf to some of the most important sounds related to speech. If parents are showing pity, their brain might not fully be able to handle the information he is receiving. thier brain will grow to make all noise perceptually louder. Meltdowns are quite disturbing and the child may need to be protected from both over and under stimulation. The child may even experience and adjust to pain from sound to the point they appear insensitive to other forms of pain.

Link showing females hear differently from males.
http://www.mcrcad.org/2010-Sax-hearing.pdf
Link with image showing that high frequency sounds have shorter wavelengths than low frequency sounds. http://faculty.cord.edu/manning/physics215/studentpages/angieevanson.html

This may suggest extra stress on the sensory processing system.
"In particular, glia are hyperactivated in autism brains in the cerebellum, a part of the brain involved in balance, movement coordination, learning and emotion processing, according to Pardo."
http://sfari.org/news-and-opinion/workshop-reports/2013/workshop-report-glias-role-in-autism

Link to "Child With Narrow Ear Canals" By Mary Tormey http://scienceisaprocessnotadeity.blogspot.com/2014/12/child-with-narrow-ear-cannels.html
About sounds
http://marinebio.org/oceans/sounds-of-the-sea/
Explanation of sensory assaults.
http://emmashopebook.com/2015/01/20/sensory-assaults/