Posts Tagged ‘Sensory overload’

Well today I was really put to the test. Dakota did NOT want to go to school. He literally screamed, cried, fought, punched, and etc. I told him if he wasn’t going to go to school then he would stand in a corner. Well he probably would have stayed there all day to NOT go to school.  So I decided to try to talk to him and ask him why he didn’t want to go to school. He said it was noisy and the kids were mean. I know that with the autism he is noise sensitive. I tried to help him get dressed but he kept resisting by taking his shirt off. It was literally really hard to get him dressed. I did manage to finally get him dressed after chasing him. I said do you want to go for a ride with mom. He said yes. I said I will take your school bag in case you decide to go. So that’s what we did went for a little ride. He was going to school he wasn’t going to win this one. Prior to going to school I had called the lady that works with us to let her know how hard things were this morning. I called the assistant principal to let her know of what Dakota had told me. She was going to talk to the OT about seeing what we could do to help Dakota. I let the school know we were having problems and I would get him there as soon as I could. So Dakota and I went on a ride. I pulled up at school and the crying began again. I looked at him and said sorry buddy but you have to go to school. Brad goes to school and he don’t like it. I am sure there are kids in your class that don’t want to be there either. So he started to scream and cry. I got out of the truck went around to his side and opened the door. He clenched onto the thingy in the middle. So I lift his hands and lifted his body as he is screaming at the top of his lungs. This time he latched on the seat belt. So I had to unlatch his hands and literally, yes literally carry him to into school. I had to stop and rest for a moment as 60 pounds of dead weight is hard to carry. I got him into the office and he sat on the floor curled in a ball. The nurse came over and tried to talk to Dakota and he didn’t want to go with her. So they got his teacher. She got him to go with her after about 5 minutes. I walked out the door relieved that I got him to school. Broke my heart to see him so upset though. I kept my cool through the whole thing which was amazing for me. I know he is over stimulated at school with the things going on around him. He does shut down when he gets home. Sometimes he goes to sleep and other times he just wants to be alone which is fine. It’s rather frustrating when your sitting here going what do I do?  Read more...

Dakota is a hypo active sensory seeker. In other words he searches out for activities that involve motion. Some of the motion that Dakota seeks out is climbing, jumping, and spinning. He doesn’t stand and spin in circles per say. He loves to spin endlessly on the merry go round and the tire swing. He loves going really fast too. He won’t stop until he is so dizzy that he is sick to his stomach.  Read more...