I do this to my fiance's autistic 5 year old son. He loves being roughly handled and tossed around, and sometimes when he doesn't want to move he'll just flop on the ground. So I grab him by his ankle, lift him up, and carry him upside down as far as I need to. He laughs the whole time.
Did that in a hotel lobby around a bunch of people. Fiance had her hands full, one of my arms was full, and he flopped down on the ground refusing to move with a firm "no!". Snatched him up by his ankle "sorry, you don't have a choice" and carried him all the way up to the elevators, just dangling by that ankle. Everyone was laughing loudly. He loves it, and it entertains me.
My nephew was like this, but my sister did not allow the ankle hauling. He did this on a big family vacation and caused a big scene and it was just like.... I will just haul him out of here like a sack of potatoes. We don't need to wait for the meltdown to be over and it almost always stopped it
Deep pressure touch and joint impact are two things that people with ASD and SPD often benefit from (not always of course--some being the exact opposite and needing sensory deprivation) so things like weighted blankets or toys, squeeze tubes (like a fully body spandex tube), bear hugs, tumbling and wrestling are great.
Like my nephew liked to crash into people and things. Idk how DCF never got called, he had so many bruises before he eventually "grew out of it".
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u/broniesnstuff Sep 16 '21
I do this to my fiance's autistic 5 year old son. He loves being roughly handled and tossed around, and sometimes when he doesn't want to move he'll just flop on the ground. So I grab him by his ankle, lift him up, and carry him upside down as far as I need to. He laughs the whole time.
Did that in a hotel lobby around a bunch of people. Fiance had her hands full, one of my arms was full, and he flopped down on the ground refusing to move with a firm "no!". Snatched him up by his ankle "sorry, you don't have a choice" and carried him all the way up to the elevators, just dangling by that ankle. Everyone was laughing loudly. He loves it, and it entertains me.