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Sunday, July 13, 2014

Autism out of sync








I don't know why the limited eye contact, I don't know if autistic children are born so very out of sync that it hurts for them to concentrate too much on the out of syncness like the first video shows or if autistic children just find it harder to learn earlier on and so choose to avoid eye contact.  So could the out of sync be due to the limited eye contact with people. Ummmmm YES Normally a baby learns this ability very very early on, that is all they do is look at mum and dad and other dotting people around them talking. Also we learn by watching others, it teaches us a ton of information in our world, if we could not do that because we are having trouble syncing what we see and what we hear it may make it harder to understand our world and others around us.
What people on the spectrum see and what they hear is out of sync. How do I sync my autistic child? Well I am stumped. You can look up hand eye coordination and find tons and tons of information on the subject. But I can't find one iota on sound eye coordination. I can't be the only person on this planet that has considered this theory and gone that one step further more that the books written about "out of sync" children and one 6 month old study on proving the out of syncness, oh and a little bit of Audio Processing Disorder therapy. (and regarding APD and helping with music therapy?????? Do you teach a deaf person how to sign by telling them all about it? No wonder it takes about 2 years to help) Really???????http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2014/
  • Oop there it is. My answer, my idea in black and white sitting in this article  they have known this and not used it since 1969. 
  • Audiovisual Integration in Speech Perception
  • "Speech in noise is more intelligible when a concurrent visual signal is presented."
  • "and visual speech can also enhance comprehension of clear auditory signals, particularly when the speech material is semantically difficult."
  •   http://www.utdallas.edu/~assmann/aud6306/brancazio04.pdf

For some reason it just does not seem to be used in relation to autism???   Why not?
They use a similar way to teach deaf people to learn to speak.
"

GarageBand

GarageBand may help improve auditory comprehension among deaf and hard of hearing students — particularly those adjusting to new cochlear implants." 


  • and the link below shows that many children on the spectrum naturally do this to an extent.



  • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/24218241/


    "Language Development

    Repeating or echoing what other people say is a stage all children go through. It's a way of practicing speech and learning about language and communication. For blind and visually impaired children, this stage sometimes seems to last a long time.

    Language is abstract. Words stand for real people, concepts, or things. Until your child understands that, he will not be able to put words together to form speech. Repeating the words of others is easier." from http://www.afb.org/info/education/early-education/language-development/235 - sound familiar?


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So again my idea of a therapy, that costs you nothing to try is this -

Download an app in either android or iPad called spectrum analyzer,(in android the other apps I know of are audio visualizer and mic visualizer).  Put it where your child can see it and if not talking put near their fav video or computer game so they can see it move with the sound (preferably speech than just any sound)

And please post how this goes for you after a few days or weeks, I am guessing that the younger the child the faster the results.  The more positive posts the more likely others will give it a go.

What it looks like in action with me talking near it


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4 comments:

MamaDada said...

OK, dear Mad scientist mother, I like the idea.
I'm gonna try it with my son who seems to qualify: 2 1/2 yo, nonverbal, autistic, on 15 hrs ABA per week and poor results with speech.
He's obsessed with numbers and letters (that's how I found Edward's video on YouTube).
Unfortunately we're italian, so many of the suggestions of videos and songs aren't useful.
But I want to try the spectrum analyzer.
I'll let you know.
Thanks for your blog!

Suzanne Warburton said...

Oh MamaDada,
Please let me know how it goes for you, I can't seem to find you in blogspot any more.

MamaDada said...

Hi Suzanne, my name is Brina Francavilla. I don' have a blog myself...
IG account Mamadadamade, email brinafrancavilla@gmail.com. Sorry for my poor English.
My son Silvestro was born 3/6/2012. He has a older brother Romeo 5yo. Silvestro was dx at 20 months according to DSM 5 he has autism Level 2, mostly becouse of his obsession with iPad apps, numbers and letters. he is nonverbal and probably apraxic. I saw a video of Edward jumping and flapping when seeeing letters, he reminded me of my son!
Our ABA supervisor tends to ignore his passion for numbers and letters, she says we need to focus him on traditional play. But I feel he really has the desire to "crack the code". I don't think he is hyperlexic, he's not able to read but tha's his passion. Like you I've read the book "The Spark" and was impressed with the love of a mother being able to understand his son's passion. I wish to do the best for mine too!
I've downloaded the spectrum analyzer yesterday and tried with Silvestro, but he is not interested at all and tries to steal the iPad to play with it.
I'll upload some videos.
Your blog is really interesting, please keep on posting about Edward's progress.
Thank you so much!
Brina

Suzanne Warburton said...

Hi Brina,
:-) I hope some of my ideas help with your little guy.... I know all asd people are different. I still think the key is to use their "obsession" - I call it hobby/hobbies. Just like any human if we are enjoying what we are learning we do very well at it.... and if we don't like what we are being made to learn it is difficult for all of us. Maybe suggest my idea to your ABA therapist? I am not really a supporter of ABA and since he is ignoring your sons passion he does not make me change my mind.

Thanks,
Suzanne (Wishing you well :-) )
I also have a fb page for Edward.
http://www.facebook.com/EdwardsWorld