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That's a pretty high estimate. As an adult, my own "happy" hand-flapping is restricted mostly to the company of my boyfriend. However, I'll often use it as a tension release while waiting for long periods of time, and it generally won't get any stares unless it's done for a sustained period of time, in a crowded area, or otherwise in the wrong context.

Oh, they are asking you to help them communicate this to the person they are referring to. This is because they are a little shy about expressing their feelings. It is courteous to assist their tragically labored efforts at communication, so you should act as their liaison.

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Well yes sort of. I used to flap my hands when I was younger, but now it's more of a hand wringing thing. Always when I'm excited.

i do sometimes when I'm excited.

I rock a lot when either happy-excited or upset. I only really hand-flap when i'm mad.

I generally restrict my flapping to the company of my fiance. He's pretty good about it and understands that it means I'm very happy and excited about something.

When I was a teenager, I had a way of making the flapping slightly more socially acceptable. During conversations with classmates in junior high, I used to slap the arm of the other person repeatedly as I talked--although not too hard. I think they tolerated it because they grew up with me trying to hit them. In high school, one or two of my more sympathetic friends would hold out her hand while we talked so I could slap it over and over again as I flapped my hand up and down. Now that I'm older, I don't think either behavior would be acceptable at all.

Oh no, these are close, true friends, or I wouldn't have been discussing autism with them in the first place. They just didn't want to take the discussion seriously enough to learn why he was doing it.

I flap.

Oh, yes, I flap.
And only when I'm happy.
I also jump when very happy.

A jumping, flapping, bespeckled teenager.

When I hand flap (which I didn't realise I did until ages after actually learning about it as a behaviour) it appears more as hyperactive or childish behaviour. I think if my parents were asked if I hand flap or not they'd say no, even though they've seen me do it. I also flap, hitting myself in the legs. I tend to do it when I'm feeling rushed and/or trying to think and most often in a comfortable atmosphere where I feel freer (often in public places I get very introverted and tense and keep movement to a minimum). When I'm excited I'm more likely to flap in private, although as I've said I have flapped infront of my parents before.

I wring my hands a lot more often though, so much so I hurt them. The firm pressure feels nice, but I can't help then getting rougher.

I remember flapping my hands as a kid and my mom yelling at me to stop. But, now she says she never ever saw me flap my hands.

Yup. I do that. A lot, actually.

Yeah I still jump up and down when excited, even at my age!

I hurt my wrist doing that, haven't done it since. Maybe doing it near sharp corners wasn't my best idea?

I twist my wrist around so my had spins sort of... but not flapping really has my hand is usually in a fist. Same muscles though really. And usually when I'm bored.

Flap my hands when happy or overjoyed excited.

Couldn't care less what anybody thinks. It's quiet and natural.

Not ret*d, and if somebody assumes it's a sign of retardation, then they are misinformed and rather socially and cognitively ret*d themselves.

Nope, you're not the only one . I flap when really excited and when I am in "in my own world". But then I raise my hands up and turn them back and forth with fixed gaze.

I only flap my hands when I see something on the internet I like.