Obsessive and repetitive actions in autistic patients

For unexplained reasons, autistic children showMany are bothered by the touch of the clothes on
obsessions to particular objects, sometimes even atheir skin and cannot concentrate on anything else
strange kind of attachment towards them, and actand others resist cuddling as a damaging action.
by repetitive senseless actions. Their repetitiveGentle hugs are overwhelming for them and they
behavior has been given more potential explanation;resist any affection attempt. Sounds caused by
some scientists see it as an attempt to maintainvacuum cleaner, telephone, airplane or wind evoke
stability in their own world, others say it is an essayscreams and the children cover their years.
to use their well developed functions or on theScientists believe their hearing level is turned on
contrary to develop a lower function.maximum and they hear any slow sound at super
This strange repetitive behavior also limits theirloud level. This is the reason for them ignoring sounds
imaginative play options. Normally developed childrenand acting like deaf in spite of their normal hearing
like to pretend they are someone else and give asense. The brain is also unable to equilibrate
toy many other uses. But autistics do not like tosensations in a realistic way so they ignore extreme
pretend or play with toys, they simply smell, analyzecold or pain but react aggressively to perfectly
and touch it continuously for several hours.normal things. A simple light can provoke hysteria
Autism impedes children to create an objective andwhile breaking an arm can pass unnoticed. Sometimes
real opinion of the world as they cannot use theirsenses are scrambled inside their brain and they hear
senses in a benefic way. Sensor perceptions likea sound while being touched or when seeing a certain
seeing, hearing or touching create a disturbed eventexture or color.
painful sensation for the autistic child and lead toMaybe in order to compensate their many difficulties
confusion. Information collected by all senses neverand defaults, some autistic patients have
merges into a coherent picture that might help themextraordinary abilities like drawing three-dimensional
perceive a normal reality. The causes of theserealistic pictures at a very young age, or begin to
problems seem to be disturbed signals that get toread perfectly at the age of two. Other children can
the brain or on the other hand a wrong integration ofplay an instrument they have never heard before,
the sensory signals. Most accepted theory is theremember exact dates, being able to perform rapidly
contribution of both pathological variants to thevery complex operations names and numbers, sing a
autistic disorder.song they have only heard once and memorize entire
As a result to a disturbed brain function, autisticsbooks or television series. But such intelligence skills
receive signals like smells, light or sound as painful.are very rare encountered.