jmnixon95 wrote:
I'm diagnosed with Asperger's and I admit to having short bursts of what can be deemed "hand flapping" from time to time. It's weird. I never do it when anyone else is around, but if I get really, really happy or excited about something, I can almost *feel* the happiness/excitement bubbling up and just overtaking my body and I have to do something about it, so I usually shake my hands while holding them up near my face (and they are facing upwards, so it's "hand shaking", not really "flapping.") I can imagine that this is the way a lot of people with autism feel whenever they are happy, too, so I'm glad that many of us can articulate this feeling of over-happiness for the people who can't and consequently get stared at or chastised for expressing it.
^^yeah...that. It looks pretty weird for a woman in her 40s to do this, I am aware, so I try very hard not to do it when there are other people around, but I definitely relate to the excitement "bubbling up" and having to do something about it.
~Kate
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