Glenn was a terrible licker also. Not toilet doors thankfully EWWWWWWW But Mirrors. I would be standing at the check out & he would be there, nose right up to the little mirror they have on the side to check under trolleys/prams & his tongue would come out everytime! Or he would so the same in clothing shops. Stand there right up with face near the mirror & lick it. Come to think of it, Iain does the same thing in our room on the mirror. BUT I think he does it because I laughed the first time he did it as he just ran his mouth along it one end to the other LOL. BUT in saying that Iain also has a real love for things on his head. LOVES his head being touched, things that vibrate he loves to rub on his head/face, loves his hair being brushed, loved to stand in front of the dishwasher & run his face over the light steam that came out the top of the door. A few weeks back he was falling asleep on my lap & I had been playing with his hair. But I had to sit & hold his hair like it was was in a pony tail on the top of his head. Even when I thought he was asleep & let go, he woke & carried on until I put it all back & sat there holding his hair! He also use to (hasn't done it for a while though) tap his nose on the selfserve checkouts in big W, the prongs that hold the shopping bag. KWIM? He would walk along & tap his nose on each one.
hmmm So an OT, do you get referred to one? Should have the pead spoke to me about seeing one? Will the school maybe suggest it?
Until you get a diagnosis, it may be best to go to your government allied health department (Here it's called Therapy ACT, I don't know what it would be in QLD). They usually run drop in clinics where you go and have to wait around to be seen, but it does get you in the system. You could also pay for a private one. Ours costs about $200 per 1 hour session, so can be pricey, but we luckily don't have to pay it because we have a diagnosis. Once you have a diagnosis from a pead. or allied health assessment team you become eligible for the early intervention funding, where you can access privates ones for free.
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