Should autistic children be moaning constantly??
The moaning is a stim (non-purposeful repetitive behavior). It is either to calm him down or hype him up. The trampoline (jumping) may be overstimulating him and he is self-calming by moaning. The trampoline is a sensory thing, too much of a good thing can be counterproductive. He may be an anxious type of spectrum kid, and he may be undermedicated or not medicated. Autistic children prefer to be alone, even higher functioning one’s take breaks from the group to keep themselves together. The stimming is a common thing, usually kids have their thing like the moaning and it can change over time into a different stim or stop all together. My 2 yr old stims vocally by a high pitched scream perseveratively. We get a lot of looks in public! It is normal behavior for autism, there isn’t much the parents can do but maybe medicate, or limit the trampoline time. My own stims are more socially acceptable. I am not autistic spectrum and stim more than both my 2 kids. I twirl my hair, bounce my kne
