Ya know the behaviours of autistic people aren’t the autism, they’re signals of distress or efforts to calm down because their senses are overwhelmed. Everyone behaves this way when in extreme overwhelm, the difference is it’s extremely rare for most people to feel this level of heightened emotion.

Refreshing to have a very clear and concise video. Thank you for this!

Thank you very much I have been wondering about this with my 2 year old. He doesn’t do it much at all, but when he’s excited sometimes. He has wonderful eye contact, responds to his name and doesn’t do the typical autistic things that are present with autism. He has a lot of sensory issues and I’ve recently been told that he has AFRID because his eating is so bad.

Thank you so much for posting this! People keep asking why my baby hand flaps & I was too terrified to look it up (hypochondriac) I finally did and all of the videos were so vague & scary.

This was very well done. Thank you

thanks for the great information.

This is very useful thank you we can understand more .

This is soo informative. My baby is 13mos and he does hand flapping when he is excited

I just want to say I enjoy your channel. I’m still waiting on my sons appointment which is next month and I’m still confused on what he have . He was born at 30 weeks pregnant, he talks , he laughs , he points he’s extremely smart with words, colors, sounding out letters but, he doesn’t respond to his name, he doesn’t understand when you say hi to say it back, he eats really good but won’t use a spoon. His hearing has been checked so he has tubes now and still won’t respond to his name unless I snap my fingers and have the television off. He is very fixated on whatever he’s doing watching tv, playing with toys etc . I pray I get answers soon he’s starting to have meltdowns . His main thing is having a hard time communicating he can’t tell me what he wants so he cries. That’s how he communicates. Mom help me he says I feel so bad 😢

Your audio quality is suffering a lot because of the stone acoustics in the space where you recorded this video. You may want to change location or place some blankets on the floor and cardboard on the walls to the left right and rear of the microphone. I’m assuming your mic was far away from you. If you modify your microphone to a lapel mic you will likely be able to dramatically reduce the high frequency noise from the background which is actually kind of painful for a lot of people to listen to. Thank you for your content please take this in the spirit inwhich it was givin which one of support and interest in your success.

I am 12 and i have been flapping my hands for as long as i can remember, I’ve always wondered why😊

I’m not autistic (I think I haven’t tested) and I hand skim A LOT. I always flap my hands, mostly making an O with my hand, and I have no idea why-

My three year old does a lot of finger movement and it does seem to be when he's excited about something, a movie or acting out a show or something even when we went to the Christmas inn place and saw Santa he'll do it while he acts it out. He's very verbal he uses words in sentences in the right context and everything we worry about his finger movements and some of his actions he seams to like meeting new friends at the new church Sunday school class but again it's his stimming.

Hi ! I really hope I get an answer from you … I have a 9 month old baby boy , he’s flapping his hands quite often, sometimes is just one hand sometimes he flaps with both and touching his palms together. He does it when he’s happy and if I feed him and sometimes when he wakes up . I’m freaking out. He’s eye contact is really good , looking for people, when we are outside he’s paying attention to everything around him, cars , birds , he even smiles back at people and kids but he’s a bit reluctant and shy .When walking with the stroller he like to pick up leaves and flowers. He’s looking at us when we are calling his name , if I say look for the dog he does it . We play peak a boo . But he doesn’t babble yet like dada or mama . He crawls and pulls himself to stand . I didn’t see him focusing playing in a specific way with a toy with anyway he’s too young. He’s teething because he’s chewing everything and drooling so I know he’s irritated but that flapping is worrying me a lot . I can’t sleep anymore

Hello, great video! Our child is 7.5 months and is doing a lot of hand flapping in various situations. He is also a bit on the quiet side, though it's not clear to us if he's definitely missing any milestones. Is it too early to look into getting an assessment? When should we start to be concerned?

What about for baby’s 8 months

n also running down n up a hallway while doing it?

My son is 4 and we've noticed an unusual behavior for the last year or two. When he gets really engaged in something like his iPad, throwing sticks in a campfire, putting small pieces of paper in front of the robo Vacuum, dropping a ball down a lego slide, etc. he puts both hands up in the "stick em up" position and sometimes his body clenches up and he shakes out of excitement. Haven't really noticed him flapping his hands at the wrists but he does seem to strain his hands wide open sometimes when he does this in anticipation of whatever he's engaged in. He's always been a happy, smiling baby and he's very intelligent, especially with mathematics; I call him my little Rainman, LOL. He just got into a heated argument with my wife that she was wrong that 10+2=12 because 6+6=12 and he didn't understand you could get 12 any other way than 6+6. So there is a little stubbornness in him and his way of thinking. He's always been very social and makes friends with everyone. He started talking at a reasonable age but doesn't have very good pronunciation although it has gotten much better easier to comprehend. There is a family history of ADHD and I'm nearly certain his sister and him got it from me because neither can sit still for more than a few seconds. Does this sound potentially like Asperger's or could it just be a heightened hyper-activity disorder associated with ADHD?

Hi Ashtheot my son is 22months he is tip toe walking and the foot lady we took him to see says its not neurological however he does avoid eye contact with me and also doesn’t respond to his name but is there anything i should worry about?

Hi maam. I badly want to ask this. My 19 month old son do also the hand flapping every time he is exretmely happy/excited. But some times he doesnt hand flapped. He started hand flapping when he is 1 yr old. Then about responding his name, sometimes he doesnt respond especially when he is watching. And there are times he respond. Example "Matt, come here i have a snack" i need to show him what im holding. Or "matt, let's go to your room" from where im standing near the stair. I think about 50% responding his name.

Thank you for this! I want to ask my 23 month old raises her hand in the air and stares at it when she wakes up or when playing. She is doing this for past 4months, is that normal? She doesn't yet speak but babbles and does respond to her name etc but the hand staring is concerning and she does it more when going round in circles

I saw his recommendation and approach Dr Oyalo for the herbs on KZfaq. The herbs has so far work positive on my child’s eye contacts and speech improvement. My child social skill is good now and response to name has improved too

Hi my daughter is going to turn 3 years old i see that she recently started covering her ears. She has a speech delay do you think it might have to do with autism. Out ST states that she does not see that. But the pediatrician says she might be on the spectrum

my son (first born) turned eight months today, he started hand flapping a lot recently but there’s no wrist flicking or rocking back and forth when he’s sitting. He responds well to his name and he has no other symptoms apart from the hand thing. My partner and I are extremely stressed out because he does it when he’s excited, agitated, or sometimes even for no reason. I would like to just hear your own personal opinion if that’s not too much!):

Hey so I wanted to ask a question, I have a 2 year old almost 3. He started nursery a few months ago. They said they wanted to refer him to a paediatrician because of his lack of social skills and does not like activities However, he plays very well at home with my siblings who are six and seven. He was born premature had multiple surgeries. He just got off a specific formula when he was almost 2, he eats by himself, preferably his hands. He has been diagnosed with speech delay and is currently in speech therapy which just started not long ago. He was in hospital for months and he was in icu, he was also moved from one hospital to another for his surgery He has not even been at nursery for five months. I have noticed he just likes to play with specific people when he did come home from hospital. We went into lockdown for about a year, when I took him out for the first time he cried, as he sleeps very well when he is excited to play with his cousins, he will jump up and down a little bit move his hands. When he gets upset. He sometimes hits his legs he use to hit his head, but has stopped now when were out in public. He does not cover his ears if there’s a loud noise the only time he will cover his ears is, if he’s in his dad’s car and dads music is too loud. When he want something that’s far from his reach, he would either get me or somebody else to get it for him. My son also loves to play with my little sister who is 7 if he wants her to play he will hold her hands and take her. He started saying mama, he does make noises and says things I just don’t understand When he’s ready to go out he will lead me to the door. apart from that he’s very independent likes to open and close, the door does play with toys when he feels like it is mostly into Cocomelon, sometimes I find that he covers both of his ears for like a few seconds, but does not do it regularly. I just wanted to know if there’s something there that I’m not seeing. He also has excellent eye contact, I have seen he got abit more energy like some kids. I also find he gets very frustrated when he’s trying to tell me something and I don’t understand. I have had some issues with the nursery because they wanted me to sign to get extra funding for the nursery. When he goes toilet in his nappy, he will give me a sign and let me know when it’s shower time he already knows. He met his uncle for the first time and he was crying. It took several months for him to get used to him. He plays with children that he knows what the children at nursery because he hasn’t been there for awhile. He does not really interact with them. Please please I need some advice, it takes up to 1 year to see a paediatrician in the UK. Oh yeah he had a stoma for a few months and it’s not removed. Sorry also he does respond very well to his name when I call him he will run to me. Dad does have a temper I feel like dad passed it on to him 😅😅 My little brother was the same he didn’t play with anyone or speak well. He was very hyper, he started playing with people when he turned 5 and only started speaking well last year. Sorry and also when I do something he don’t like, he will hit me and only me. He will hit my little sister when she does something to him lol when he is watching KZfaq and the is an ad he will bring me the remote to change it or cover his eyes and I will know he wants me to chage it

Hi my son does this thing where he sits on his knees and claps his thighs would you consider that flapping? He also has alot of the other red flags such as non verbal doesn't respond to his name spins around in circles.He is 15 months and I'm concerned but I keep hearing he's still to young to diagnose

My son is almost 3 years and he has been flapping so much lately when he's exited. Any assistance to have him stop flapping?

My 8m is doing hand flapping after he claps his hand. Sometimes, he doesn't respond when his name is called. But, sometimes he turns around when his name is called but doesn't smile. And there is still eye contact. How about that?

My son use to flap and he currently has odd finger movements that just started but he only does it when he watches something on the iPad. When we went to the doctor she did make the determination that he didn't need to be evaluated for ASD because he answers his name and makes great eye contact. My question is do they ever outgrow it or should I see someone?

My 15 month old mostly claps his hands repeatedly, he rarely flaps his hands. Most videos online show flapping not repeated clapping, is repeated clapping a warning sign? He just started clapping repeatedly about a month ago.

My son will be a year old on Valentine’s Day and I’ve noticed he flaps his hands (mainly his right) when he gets excited. He’s also obsessed with the vacuum cleaner and chases it around the house when I vacuum. Not sure if that’s indicative of autism or not, but I’m kind of worried.

What is considered as obsessive interest?

My 2 yr old has done this since 9mo and our pediatrician always ignores bus when we bring this up just wanted answers ty

My girl is 5 and still flapping. I was really worried if she's mild autistics. 5 years old, can speak English fluently, can read at sentence level. Respond when name is calling. The other thing makes me worry is that she doesn't look at the lens when we want to take her photo. Can u say something to assure me she's fine ? Mm...

Is it normal for a 4 year old(just turned 4) to hand flap when excited? He also literally just started lining up his toys but has no other symptoms!!

i am 61 y o, since i was n child i had a habit of rubbing cold metal objects between my fingers like coins and brass buttons until the cold sensation is gone. i am addicted to it.

My child is six months old and he have also hand flapping.He have good eye contact.But he rarely respond to his name.

Hi.... My son is 5. He had a pause in speech between age of 2 to 3. he had a delayed speech. Now he can communicate 50 to 60 percent. He does hand flapping in a same time moving round and round. He responds with his name. Some time he does not. With the call of parents he responds well. But with other unknown people he does not have that much communication. Now he has become hyperactive as well as stubborn. Kindly suggest

Hi madam,can you help me please I’m scared my baby boy is 3 years and 2 months and flapping his hand when he is excited for just 5 seconds once every 2-3 days but he is very intelligent and has good social connections and respond to his name ,but I still wondering?should I worry ,please answer me

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#droyalo herbs is really helpful, and have helped my son improve with his speech and social skill complete. My son now responds to name

My son is 2 and half years old and he hand flapping sometime but not all the time he is just doing this when he is happy

My 7 months old often look at her hands Nd open an close her fist while looking. She is a active child, respond to her name, good eye contact, sleep well. Should i be worried???

Hii my 2 year old baby flipping his hand so much when he gets excited..He know all alphabets he can say from A to z and can also counts number 1 to 10 But he can't talk.He try to copy many words.Most of the time he doesn't reply to his name.i try everyday to call him and talk to him but he is not responding to his name...if I call him let's go then he will come to me.if he want something he bring that thing to me and ask me to open.

Mam please comment me i have a 10 mo baby boy he is social makes eye contact, responds to his name. He started babbling at the last of his 9th month age and isn't crawling yet...he doesn't imitate me when i do something he does not repeat that and nowadays since 1 month he has started opening and closing his fingers repeatedly and now he do it more often then before but he don't do it out of excitement or sadness just when he don't have anything to do and sees his hand and then take it into his mouth....is it something i should be worried about..please mam reply...i really liked your vdeo..please

My daughter is 11year old and she moves her fingers in excitement when she is listening to anybodies. But this happen sometimes not everyday. Should I worry about it. Because from her childhood she flapped her hands and shaked her legs very fastly. But now she only move her fingers in excitement. Please reply what can I do. 🙏

My daughter is almost 9 years old and still flappes her hands a lot and open mouth during that. Does it mean something? I see how hard for her something, because kids might laugh at her.

the music isn´t so autism friendly 😅

My 2yo hand flaps when she is excited but we are trying to teach her to clap her hands instead. Is it okay?

I love your videos but the music is diruptive............kindly lower the volume ❤

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Don't call autistic traits red flags, you're stigmatizing autism with this language.

you're proper fit miss

Your herbs has work wonders in my family. Thanks for the help Dr Oyalo for saving my son from autism spectrum with your herbs. Your herbs is the best. #droyalo