What determines inappropriateness?

I like touch.

I need touch.

I want touch.

I like to share touch.

I am a hugger.

I like to express myself with my communication.

Can I just?

My hands help heal others.

I need to share the depth of my concern about what is happening by touching you.

Its for your own good.

I cant stop myself from touching.

I NEED to show you.

I NEED to help you.

I NEED to stop you from doing that.

You aren’t allowed to do that.

Get out of my way.

Pay attention to what I said. Come here. Go there. Do it this way.

 


Resources: 

The amazing horse whisperer – YouTube

RDI Autism Intervention – Youtube

Without by Touching Space – Youtube

The right and wrong way to spoon feed – Youtube

 

Understanding timing of touch when it is linked with other things – in the feeding video above, did you see if the child swallowed at all before the next mouthful was put in? The child acknowledge that the adult held the spoon to wait for their approval before the spoon was put into their mouth but did you see them actually swallow? There is a difference between acceptance of touch AND an understanding of why that touch needed to take place in the first place? Did the child indicate to the parent that they themselves were hungry and ready for the next mouthful or was the need to touch initiated by the adult with the spoon?