What is hand flapping?

[lauracida]

this is awfully insensitive of you. what an arsehole.

[misterbilbotbaggins]

I agree with SilasHorrocks. Sometimes there is only one cure for the monsters in our midst.

[dylanmcferrenreturn]

At 0:03 it was either an audio error, or someone farted next to your camera speaker. :D

[stkcarm5]

Fuckin hilarious xD stop being so uptight

[scotlandftw]

LOL

[ChinaaDOlll]

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[PizzaguylolXD]

WHAT IS THE SOUND AT THE END OH GOD

[dogspawn]

educational thanks

[HandyDandyDeathNote]

Actually, hand flapping is moving your hands in awkward motions based on response to emotion. There are no rude noises involved, and that hand flapping was too precise, too controlled.

No one found this to be entertaining, and the only person you're making a fool of is yourself.

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[IndigoCat17]

This is not really funny

People with disablities actually do this

and it is not nice to make fun of them

you wouldnt really like it if u had a disablity and someone was to make fun of u would u now

[IndigoCat17]

this wasted my time what the hell is this

[CodexAlimentarius1]

Zeolite cures autism aka mercury poisoning.

[AbsolutelyCrackers]

what''s with the fart noise near the end

[Rudewomantt]

@AbsolutelyCrackers

I think its michellen2008 talking ;-)

[cardinal12803]

Hand flapping is a repetitive movement of the hand in which it stimulates the ASD person.child. My son flaps, slower then this video shows, you can see some on my videos. Some can out grow or learn skills to manage it better, but not all. Some with ASD dont flap. Its a form of stimming and it varies for all those with ASD.

[acekingspade]

i always thought it was hand-fapping!

[TheRealPlutoniumBoss]

Uh, you don't "grow out of it" any more than you grow out of having a penis.

[URMOMLAWL]

lawl burn

[Morpaelangeno]

You can "grow out of it" rather easily, as long as you're only mildly impaired by autism. It's like stopping any other habit.

When I was maybe 4 or 5, I was happily flapping my hands on the way to Target, and my mom told me to stop, so I stopped.

Nowadays I mostly do it when I'm feeling a strong emotion, but it's only rthymic movements with my fingers, not flapping. I also stopped giving a shit about how it looks. If anything, it makes me stand out in a good way.

[MoonAndAntarctica3]

I have to reiterate this sentiment; I've had many habits come and go in my life, but the hand flapping's always just sort of been there. Maybe less frequent at some times than others, but never "gone".

(P.S., I'm aware this is from a year ago. Still felt like putting my two cents in.)

[bluewater808]

That was so random I cant stop laughing

[Zolg08]

I have aspergers and i dont use rocking and flapping. but heavy vocalising

[Heyde1979]

I have the same thing asperger syndrome

[ilovepolice1]

WTF was that

[mynameispaul]

what kind of autistic power is hand-flapping? laaaame

[crismalcolm]

'Autistic power'? Wow.

[polishgirl8519]

wow, you are a idiot. People with this type of disability do not need you making fun of them. It says more about you, when you make fun of someone.

[SilasHorrocks]

@polishgirl8519 they are a socaial disgrace and need zyclon B

[skllyn85]

I thought they got cooler superpowers.

[twale]

I STILL DONT GET IT!!

[purplemutantas]

I flap my hands. Although I usually flap my fingers and switch to hand flapping when my arms start to get sore/tired from the finger flapping. When my arms get sore/tired from hand flapping I rock back and forth to give my arms a rest. Then I switch back to finger flapping. I also combine hand and finger flapping.

[Celljaywalker]

yea does handflapping vary??? i hand flap and use objects as straws or string and flap as well. weird i know but i know it's not the norm so does it vary?

[leslievlogs]

Did somebody fart at the end of your video?

[dancinintx201]

I too am researching Fragile X Syndrome for school and your video reminded me of what it was. As to the sound, what was that about?? I can understand it if the person is autistic or something and therefore these sounds are not suprising, but... why???

[amcfan84]

ook could we lose the rude noise in the video

[Superapplefrog]

Thank-you. I'm currently researching Fragile X Syndrome (I started researching based purely on the fact I have sticky-out ears, a protruding lower jaw, and misaligned teeth - I'm very scientific aint I? lol) and hand-flapping is one of the possible symptoms.

[elizabethshark]

thanks. does handflapping vary?

[abbottcheryl]

This was a great demonstration, My son does this on his knees and while he's running!

[ShadowXII]

I didnt know autism caused this...I guess I've learned something today

[philcommander]

great video. when my son use to handflap he held his arms down by the side of his body and would flap from his wrist down like he was trying to fly. he usually did it when he became excited especially when he was running.