Excessive stimming

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My son developed excessing eye stimming around 2 years. He's 3 years now and it has improved (i.e. reduced) at lot since.

It could be a combination of things, and each child is different. But we noticed it improved after he underwent occupational therapy (it may be a sensitivity issue) and Omega-6 (Equazen Eye-Q capsules). This is our observation, your mileage may vary.

He now likes to hum and make noises when he's over excited. We've learned to give him a bit of slack now. Good Luck.

My 15-year old son's was just finally diagnosed with Asperger's. His stim is sucking his thumb (I think anyways - I'm new to the concept of stimming) My concern as a father is that he may do this at times when it may not be appropriate to do so... I don't mean to offend anyone, but I worry that if he's driving a vehicle and is concentrating more on stimming than driving somebody could get hurt. I think I'm starting to understand that this is something that he needs to do, but can I help him to understand that he may need avoid stimming at inappropriate or ill-advised times? Also, is it possible to change one's stim? Over the years he has totally changed the shape of his hard pallate, and is now facing dental surgery to correct this - he's not sure what to do about this, and I'm not sure how to advise him. Thanks in advance.

My 17 year old son with HFA stims a lot at home but not much when we are out in public. I think it is something he learned himself over the years. Sometimes the stimming is because he is thinking a lot. If I am having trouble talking to him because he seems to tune me out when he is stimming, I just touch him as I am addressing him and it seems to get his attention more. There has been times when I actually reach out and hold hands with him to "tune" him into what I am saying. I also have had times when it is difficult to get him to do something like homework or a chore. In those cases I am just persistent.