Research into the cause and frequency of autism self harming behavior in autistic children shows that depending on the functioning level of the child and IQ that up to 70% of children with a range of intellectual disabilities are likely to self harm.
Studies into low functioning autism show an increased probability autistic self injury behavior.
Autism self harming behaviors are sometimes referred to as self mutilation, self destructive, or masochistic behaviors. Behavior specialists will sometimes categorize self harming behaviors in autistic children as autistic repetitive stereotypical behaviors, with the proposed difference being at the moment of self injury.
Autistic repetitive stereotypical behaviors can have a very wide range from finger picking which is classed as mild to severe head banging which of cause is serious and will have damaging affects.
The autistic self injury will vary between individuals and will largely depend on the circumstances and environmental input at the time of the self harming autism behavior.
One theory for why autistic children use self harming autism behavior is that of self – stimulation. Autistic children are either classed as being over sensitive or under sensitive to their environment.
One set of repetitive stereotypical autistic behaviors or autistic stimming (hand flapping, rocking, finger tapping, and spinning) is used in under aroused autistic individuals to provide sensory stimulation.
Suitable behavior management strategies can be put used to help control and mange repetitive stereotypical autistic behaviors.
One autism resources is “autism social skills stories”. For example: Jessie is a seven year old autistic child that uses the self harming autistic behavior of finger picking.
Her OT suggested using social skills stories to help Jessie find strategies for dealing with this behavior and a suitable social skills story was put in place to help Jessie control and manage this autistic behavior.
A summary report on Jessie’s autistic behavior after two weeks showed a vast improvement in Jessie’s autistic self harming behavior after the social skill story had been implemented and reported less incidence of finger picking.
Such autism resources as autism social skills stories are used effectively in controlling and managing autism self harming behaviors. Research shows autistic children respond well to visual support in the form of autism social skills stories.
Autistic behaviors such as autistic stimming can be helped using autism social skills stories.
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www.autismsocialstories.com.behavior
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