(11-03-2011, 08:21 AM)Jaffa Wrote: Thanks wells foster for your answer. I want to understand this condition but he is too little to explain how he feels. He is such a fast forward kid keeping him calm is really hard. He obviously doesn't know what's up with him either he just falls to the ground screaming when anything goes wrong. And as it's very new to me am now sure of the things that bother him.

I know from experience that he touches hot things and has blistered his fingers but not made a sound, he just wipes them down his trouser leg. And sounds bother him too, not quite as much as they did when he was a baby but it's still there. I didn't know if he is coping or it changes from day to day.

This condition is very hard for others who don't know anyone with it to understand and I think you are all very brave and strong to cope in such a difficult world

Do you have any tips on how you calm yourself down that maybe beneficial to him.

To avoid a meltdown, have him in a calm room. Have him playing or read to him. I play vide games, read, and watch TV. Try and help him avoid bad things. My major bad thing is paper. I use an iPad in school instead of paper and that helps keep me from having meltdowns. Hope this helps!