“Autistic children sometimes like that deep pressure"

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“Autistic children sometimes like that deep pressure, it's a calming effect," what u think of this any thougs? i think thats true but it often gets used wrong in order to restain someone

I'm lost.

http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/6-28-2006-100678.asp
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=13711790

ya sure

mm i could give u a map but anyway this treatsh point is do u thing that its true that every aspie enjoys pressure and find it calming?

not all Autistics are affected by deep pressure but am cannot get enough of it.

it is wrong if they are looking at a stereotype and using it on all autistics [eg,with restraining].
this is one thing that need to get said at any review meetings that have,they need to know that its bad and to use something else if they have to.
is there no advocacy service there for people in homes?
there is here,have a look at local councils website and search for advocacy in it.


for pressure [and hideaway from several nasty staff],am used to squeeze under the bed,or down the side next to the wall/protection padding and squash the bed in as much as possible,staff kept taking it all apart and out of the room when am did that which felt like torture at the time,they then replaced the bed with a divan one so am cannot get under it,and the OT had it drilled to the padding so am not able to move it,is not fair because am cant get the same amount of pressure with any of the other pressure/sensory stuff am use.
it seems are either not understood or are forced into the same stereotype when it comes to pressure need-and not need.
being a spectrum,they should know its not all the same.

with restraining of any kind,am was told it's written into guidelines that they will use pressure with restraining am,as lighter touch is very overloading.
it was the autism speech therapist who made it known to the managers about the pressure needs am have,and where they were going wrong, before that they had been using different strengths of touch and grip and it just made things worse.

true but not saying idont like it but coz of that stereo type autictic kids etc get restained so easily in skool etc and why they have so much off headlines http://www.local6.com/news/10823296/detail.html like this one -.- people thing we will calm down immediatly coz of pressure or someting

I for one am someone who requires deep pressure to relax and sleep properly. Do i get it at home, no, am to afraid to tell my parents how much i love it, i am so afraid if being called a "kinky fetish whore" but i really need to find a way to safely tell them about my needs. But either way i LOVE deep pressure, i absolutely love huge amounts of it, like hugs so tight that they would hurt a normal person. see i dont feel pain from pressure, so i have to be careful and know how much pressure i am taking.

either way, my favorite kinds of pressure are below

my strapple on my powerchair. (see avatar) i like to pull it very tight on me, even though it forces me to breathe slower and more shallow breaths, the reason i dont pass out is it forces me to relax. I have fallen asleep many times in my powerchair provided the computer is not near me. i cannot be in my powerchair much right now since my spine has changed and we have to go get the back re-molded for my spine. right now i can only take a few hours before my back starts hurting due to the mold on my powerchair being the incorrect spine now. it takes a few weeks to get a new one of those made.

the lead aprons they use in the hospital and at the dentist. i love those soooo much, i would love to have a few at home haha, they are very heavy and get very warm. i especially the neoprene ones are my favorite along with the nylon ones and also the PVC coated waterproof ones, i especially like these three materials since they tend to get warm and sticky feeling after a little bit... i love that warm and sticky feeling

being out on a warm day in the sun, we have only had a few warm days in this year so far, but all were really nice for me... i especially like how my strapple gets quite hot

tight hugs, i love tight hugs, specificially from a heavier person since they are more soft and squishy, i like lots of tight tight hugs, especially absurdly long tight hugs (like 3-6 hours long) this happened frequently with my old girlfriend.... and i would fall asleep and sleep in her arms like that. anyways, i like my hugs absurdly tight, so tight that it would be painful to a normal person.

being laid on top of, i like having some of my friends especially one of my friends brother (he weighs 500 pounds) lay on top of me belly first, it feels awesome, its warm and squishy and really really heavy. i dont think i could take my 500 pound friend anymore due to this disease, unsure if my breathing muscles are too weak now. though i have another 300 pound friend who i will try one day

the blood pressure cuff, i absolutely LOVE blood pressure cuffs, i would love to have a few of my own, bariatric ones, one that i can wrap around my entire head to squeeze my head really tight and then a few on each arm and a few on each leg and then some to wrap around my body if they are large enough. one of my invention ideas is to create one that i can be totally mummy wrapped in head to toe and squeezed really tightly in... i like all three types of blood pressure cuff. neoprene, nylon, PVC... again all three are my favorite due to their abiltiy to get very warm and sticky in a little bit of time.

i pretty much like anything that is tight and warm...

i like most to all deep pressure

i love being mummy wrapped, the warmth and restraint and inability to move are all very relaxing. i would love to be mummy wrapped in neoprene nylon PVC or latex one of these days. it would be awesome warm and tight.

i like soft neoprene nylon PVC latex things.... anything that is soft and silky... and i like velvet... i have this big wide long velvet scarf that i like to wrap my head in tightly... makes breathing slow and shallow and a bit difficult but i love it anyways.

i love being restrained in any way as long as it involves deep pressure...

I like pressure against my body for periods of time but I have to have my feet and hands free and anyone who tries to restrain me is likely to get bit. I always slept with my stuffed animals on and around me but if my foot wasn't out of the covers to feel the air I feel like I'm sufficating.


Having someone touch me when I'm having a meltdon is a very,very bad idea. Some autistics may stop struggeling when help onto because they realize that n amount of strugeling is going to release them...dogs on a lease react the same way...doesn't mean they are calmed by being on a leash For me to calm down I need to just be left alone to get out the extra energy and as long as I'm not destroying things it would work better to just leave me alone to calm myself down.

The exception...I use to love to wrestle when I was a kid but I wasn't having a meltdown and didn't feel threatened because it was always with someone I trusted.

I don't like the feeling of pressure against me. I also tend to get mad when touched.

Exactly how I feel, too.
I'd bite anyone if I had no other way to defend myself, have slept with stuffed animals most of my life, and despite my feet being cold, I don't like to have socks on because it feels like I'm suffocating. Don't care that I supposedly don't breathe through my feet, what matters is how I feel physically, and covered feet when I'm trying to sleep feel "stifled".

That, too.
Pressure can be calming or it can be panic-inducing, depending on context & particulars. As kid, my bed (at my weekend parent's house-not the home I lived in all week, thank goodness) had this thing called a "featherbed" on it, instead of blankets. It was far too large & heavy for my dimensions at the time-I'd get trapped beneath it, was so hard to move out from under it due to its weight & size. I hated it, it scared me.

As an adult, I enjoy being compressed by my boyfriend when he hugs me or squishes me (when lying down). That's not at all like restraint or against-one's-will treatment, emotional & sensory experience. Still hold a personal grudge against "featherbeds" (gigantic pillowcase type of thing stuffed with heavy down feathers)-I'll stick with blankets that I can manipulate.

Control (self-administered or oneself in charge) & predictability are crucial components.

I have a different way. I may like pressure, but I tend to do it quite localized. I've often slept on top of my arm. It has the slight problem of cutting your circulation off, then when you wake up you can't move it except with the other arm. I also tend to sleep with my feet crossed over and pull against eachother (sometimes hard in my sleep). My hand are also contorted over my chest. I also like direct heat.

I'm not sure I'd like to be restrained, deep pressure or not.

oh i sleep with my head on my arm all the timne... i dont use the pillows much at all, just for some lateral support... but my head is on my arm;.. i like how my skin feels and i like how my arm gets warm and sticky

Yes i do that too, it is a tad safer. It need to be rapped round somehow.

I like deep presure, but don't like to be restrained. I must obtain this pressure by my own freewill. I need at least thick five blankets in order to sleep. My mother wants to get me a waited blanket. I had a weighted lap thingy but was really disapointed in it. I had to put actual weights in it to even remotely get an effect from it. I have a feeling a weighted blanket would be the same.

yes... i tend to sleep with my head on my bicep.. and the pillow behind it all for lateral security... it is comfortable... how do you sleep

well im not relaxing immediately if they restrain me with some pressure it takes at least 10 minutes or so coz im panicking and want run away no matter what costs i surely would punch em or someting if i werent placed in restraints but i like to sleep whith heater on and my weigthplanked top of me if i want more pressure ill just roll my self in so i do like pressure its just inst easy to enjoy it when u panic..ihave never sleeped on my arm since one time as kid and it hurts like hell