Unusual Movements, Actions, Mannerisms

• Unusual movements, actions, mannerisms (“behavior”) may be

• a coping strategy for sensory overload, sensory underload, stress, boredom, frustration, anxiety

• an involuntary action/reaction

• a way to get unstuck from a movement difficulty

• frustrating, upsetting, horrifying to the individual doing it

• an attempt to learn in the absence of effective communication (Sandra and flushing the toilet)

• an attempt to communicate using a very limited repertoire of reliable movements