FoggyRock General Forum
You are not logged in.
#1 2008-06-20 02:28:55
- zacksmum
- New member
- Posts: 2
Fears - or No Fears
A few weeks ago my son's class at preschool was doing a project which involved parents/children drawing or cutting out pictures of things that the child is afraid of.... After thinking long and hard about it... I came to to conclusion that I do not know ANYTHING that my four year old autistic son is afraid of. (Zack has only recently started talking, one or two word phrases about specific items so far, so he cannot tell me either.) I do know of things that he really dislikes - loud engine noises being among them - but I think that is more to do with the noise hurting his ears. I do know that he has no fear of traffic - vehicles or animals are just ignored and the assumption appears to be that they will move out of the way for him!!!!
I asked around the other people who interact with him, and they said the same thing. I was just wondering if this is fairly common or not.
Offline
#2 2008-06-20 03:03:52
- frogfoot1969
- Member
- Posts: 129
Re: Fears - or No Fears
Yes having no sense of fear is common.
Offline
#3 2008-06-20 05:53:25
- momo3auts
- Member
- Posts: 88
Re: Fears - or No Fears
VERY common so don't feel that you're the only one. You can show pictures of things that make loud noises and explain that the fear is the noise not the actual thing itself. Our son would "escape" the house and stand in the middle of a road in front that was 55MPH....we KNOW fear, he wasn't afraid at all. Even now there is a general feeling that cars will just magically part for him. It's still something we need to be keenly aware of but he is getting better on some other things.
Offline
#4 2008-06-21 08:04:40
- slhh130
- Member
- Posts: 123
Re: Fears - or No Fears
My son really doesn't. There may be a scary thing on tv here and there that scares my daughter but that is it. Well they do have bad dreams. But that is it.
Offline
#5 2008-06-22 07:09:38
- Jake9068
- Member
- Posts: 78
Re: Fears - or No Fears
No fear here!! He does act afraid when it suits him--to avoid reading or writing!
Offline
#6 2008-06-29 05:15:20
- Christopherrobinsmom
- New member
- Posts: 3
Re: Fears - or No Fears
I dont think my five year old is scared of anything. He doesnt like anything on his face or getting his hair cut or messing with his head. I think his hearing is real sensitive. He screams and goes crazy when getting a haircut. Especially around the ears.
Offline
#7 2008-06-30 08:42:36
- EmilyL
- Member
- Posts: 22
Re: Fears - or No Fears
When he was little, Daniel was terrified of getting his ears looked at, getting his teeth looked at (just looked at!) and had absolutely NO fear of heights, oncoming cars, or other really dangerous things. Now that he's 16, he has more normal fears. He slowly grew into them.
Offline
#8 2008-07-01 20:16:27
- LisaAutismAdvocate
- Member
- Posts: 110
Re: Fears - or No Fears
No Fear or understanding of Danger! if its up high...its play equipment to be explored.
But he does have fear of other things...and anxiety...ex...Doctors offices.
Offline
#9 2008-07-04 02:04:44
- anita
- New member
- Posts: 6
Re: Fears - or No Fears
My son Nolan has a fear of heights. He won't even let his dad hold him off the ground..(like lifting him up and hugging him)...but it's weird...he has no problem with the playing on the playground equipment, and being off the ground...maybe he doesn't like not having anything under his feet??
He sometimes doesn't like loud noises..it depends on what it is...He's sensitive to certain noises..i just can't pin point what they are because it changes all the time. He's now understanding some dangers, like stranger danger and road dangers...like crossing the road etc. i really don't know how much of it actually understands. I just keep telling him over and over again...just to make sure it's fresh in his mind
Offline
#10 2008-07-05 20:34:03
- alesovoy
- Member
- Posts: 36
Re: Fears - or No Fears
Jaymes isn't afraid on anything but his sisters nebulizer. First time he heard it, he took off at a run out of the exam room at the doctors and the nurses had to catch him.
Offline
