When a child with autism has vestibular dysfunction, what will the body show?

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Some children go to kindergarten and are often afraid of heights, slides and swings.

Some children are unable to concentrate in class, are often hyperactive, and even leave the classroom for no apparent reason.

Some kids like to spin in circles, even all the time.

Even some children are often unable to obey their parents' instructions and respond very slowly.

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In fact, these problems may be caused by the disturbance of vestibular sense, which means that our children have the problem of sensory dysfunction . Studies have shown that, in fact, most children with autism spectrum have vestibular disorders. So what is vestibular sense? Vestibular sense, also known as balance sense, is located in the back and lower part of the brain and in front of the brain stem. There is a tiny radar sensor organ, which is composed of the nervous system The function is vestibular sense, which plays a role in the brain. The role of the threshold.

What is the function of vestibular sense?

• Receive sight, touch, taste, and hearing from the front of the face, filter and identify them, remove useless information, and then transmit it to the brain to make the brain less busy. Children with vestibular disorders are often unable to process too much information from the outside world, often have difficulty concentrating, become restless in the classroom, and even easily leave the classroom because of outside sounds.
• When playing games, pitching, and doing fine movements, you need to coordinate your left and right hands, range of motion, and strength at the same time, otherwise you will not be able to do it smoothly. In order to coordinate the two sides of the body, we must distinguish which side is the same side and which side is the opposite side, and at the same time find the midline position. The identification of these functions is inseparable from the support of the vestibular system .
• Vestibular sense and balance are closely related. A poor sense of balance can easily lead to unstable body operations and staggered walking.
• The vestibule also includes almost all the organs related to language development, so poor vestibular sleep will hinder the development of language ability. Vestibular sense is the patron saint of brain function differentiation, especially the left and right brain function differentiation around the age of 3. If the vestibular sense is not well developed, it will also form obstacles to these functions.

vestibular sleep disorders are about three forms

overly sensitive

• vestibular reaction

1. afraid of heights
2. Not too afraid to touch new things.
3. Cowardly, be careful with body movements.
4. Poor balance, afraid of hanging in the air.
5. Insufficient space concept, low computing and reasoning ability.
6. Afraid of riding and not interested in rides.
7. Poor sense of direction, easy to get lost.

• vestibular nerve hyperreactivity slow

1. moving on, sit still.
2. Constantly running and jumping, shaking the body or head.
3. loves jumping on the couch, rocking, swivel or handstand.
4. I really like the spinning play equipment in the playground.
5. Circling in circles for a long time, many times without getting dizzy.
6. often swing swing high, swing for a long time before they agree to be insufficient to stop

• vestibular area discriminatory power

1. easily loses balance,Whether standing, running, or jumping, it is especially easy to lose balance, and the ability to control posture is relatively weak Soft look
2. I often don't know if I am moving or someone else is moving. For example, I am sitting on a stationary car, and when other vehicles pass by, I can't tell who is moving.
3. Poor sense of direction, difficult to distinguish the direction, always go the wrong direction, can not find the position with the direction mark

Due to the particularity of the position of vestibular sense, the training of vestibular sense requires not only regular and irregular stimuli such as front and rear, left and right, up and down, rotation, stop, etc., but also mainly around head and neck. For example, raising your head in a prone position and turning your head in all directions can promote the development of the vestibular nerve.

• shake categories:

rocking motion swing, big dragon ball, hammocks,It can fully stimulate the child's vestibular sense. For example, when playing the dragon ball, parents can assist the child to use prone , lying on the back, etc., to rock back and forth, left and right.

when the children rotate, three pairs of semicircular inner tube vestibular organ carousel, chair, dancing:

• Carousel When the fluid is compressed due to the movement of the head, it will generate sensory information and transmit it to the vestibular nucleus through the vestibular nerve, which makes the child's vestibular function get exercise. bouncing class: trampoline, croissant ball , etc.

trampoline and croissant ball can be used for bouncing training. certain stimulation.

• Balance class: balance beam, walking along the road, etc.

span control our balanceTherefore, we can take children to play more balance games, such as balance beam, stepping on the curb, or coordination games, such as skipping rope, balance bike, etc.

Of course, the training method also varies from person to person. Parents should make appropriate choices according to the child's ability and type of vestibular function. , the selection intensity should be from small to large, from less to more, and you can use games to increase the fun of activities, remember not to force desensitization. For children with slow vestibular response, they need a lot of sensory stimuli to make them respond. For example, they need to choose fast-changing activities, such as swinging, and at the same time give the child some other sensory stimuli, let him touch small animals, or It's throwing balls, etc. Therefore, when training at home, parents must be based on their children's ability, and do not rigorously do training.

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Literature reference:

[1] Severe loneliness A case study of sensory integration in children with autism training Cao Yan

[2] Perspective of the phenomenon of "vestibular disorders" in children with autism Zhao Weifang

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