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I tend to believe this is transitional stress and it amazes me how adults forget how difficult this is for little children — including me, I think. Then I remember how hard the year has been for me and want to smack my head — what am I thinking?! Of course this is dawning on Adam now in a HUGE way.

It seems that he loves his new home. But also he is dealing with change. Excitement and distress are happening at the same time here.

Thanks for your comment, Kristina. It’s hard to wait for the answers.

Regarding Adam being confused with so many moves and transitions and the back and forth between houses (and his old house too)—having resettled in our old house fairly recently, I would say that Charlie was initially fine with this, and then had a long transition period. Adam’s had so much to deal with—it often takes Charlie weeks, months, to adjust to things. He is, like Adam, very sensitive to everything around him and often, when there aren’t the words yet, the communication comes through the body (in Charlie’s case).

Thank you for the Alice in Wonderland analogy. I think it is one to keep pondering.

It has been Adam’s first week in his new house (not even a full week). Yesterday was also his first weekend. Adam doesn’t tantrum. He hasn’t cried all that much. I’m also wondering if this is an effect of transition.

Last night he spent the night with this dad who has moved back into our old house and Adam was awake all night. You see? Maybe Adam is completely confused right now.

But the spasms are frightening because he can’t even hold a cup of juice without spilling it.

I love my little Autie. I love everything he is. This stuff just started last December and it has been on and off. I don’t see autism as the problem — it’s this stuff that’s particularly difficult. And how much of this is because of all the changes in his life? Or are they new organic issues?

“Calloo! Callay! O frabjous day!’ becomes (in transliteration) “Calloo! Callois! A yom-tov grois!”

Delicious culture-meld :-).

I have cited the annotated Jabberwocky in the context of linguistic conundrications as he is one of the more inventive users of English.

I don’t suppose you have ever heard of hemisomatagnosia, but it is a condition where the perception is that one side of you is bigger than the other, something which appears to be part of my migraine aura phenomenon.

You don’t necessarily have to be autistic to have a non standard neurology, mine is maybe twice or three times exceptional, I would still be different even if I weren’t autistic, and in some way the later discovery of migraine aura as an explanation for so many perceptual phenomena was a much greater and more significant revalation than autism if you can believe that

It seems many scientists aren’t prepared to question their own biases, and that’s rather frustrating for those of us who need the answers science can provide. It’s always good to see researchers who are ready and willing to question the assumptions of the status quo. We need more of that before we’re going to answers we can use.