Moaning Noises

It was a fairly decent day and I went to pick up Dane from school.  He was happy and ready to go home.  One of the teachers was standing off in the distance with a radio controlled miniature school bus.  He was talking into a headset microphone and the words would come through the bus and talk to the kids.  The bus also sprayed water at the children.  They loved it.  The bus reminded me of Thomas the Tank Engine.

Things are getting slow around work because of high gas prices and the economy.  Every 3rd Thursday I am expected to go to Danes intensive therapy to observe and talk with the counselors.  I am approved for Family Medical Leave for those days.  I am not sure if many employers approve FML for autism services.  These days are unpaid.  Work also has been having plant shutdown for lack of work for the past several Fridays.

The main topic today at therapy was Danes noises and moaning he makes.  He curls his tongue and makes weird loud noises constantly.  We have to pay close attention to one of the noises in which he is unresponsive and is staring off.  That is a sign of a seizure and we need to document that with video footage.  She wants to know what he looks like before, during and after the episode. The counselor is concerned that she is referring us to a Neurologist for an brain scan to see what triggers the seizure.

Other noises he makes I think are normal.  When he drives his little cars around, he makes motor boat noises with his tongue.  Another noise he makes is when he is active.  He curls his tongue and makes loud Luuu noise.  Those can be redirected. We tell him to stop and he answers and then continues to do it.  On the other hand, his moaning and lip biting and staring off and doesn't answer when spoken to is the one we need to really watch.  That is the concerning noise we need to document.  I haven't been documenting anything video wise with his unusual behaviors.  I really think that it is time to start a separate taping of these instances that we are trying to figure him out with and learn more about his stims.