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[quote=Anonymous]Ours has what we call "the tremble" when she is excited.  Others familiar with HFA have referred to it as flapping but that's not how it appears to us.

She still does it do a degree, though a bit less and less as she ages (she's now 8).

We are believers that if the gesture reflects positive excitement, we don't want her to feel bad about it nor to try and suppress that positive excitement or think it is "bad."  So far it has not been a social impediment for her.

My one bit of advice is: help your child to understand why they do this and to verbalize it, as in, "When I get excited about something, sometimes I flap my arms."  Without characterizing it as good or bad.  So if another kid or adult comments on it or reacts to it, the child can explain herself and often it becomes a non-issue.  "Oh, she does that when she gets excited."  It's when other kids are confused that things are more likely to become an issue.  And if your child is more aware that she is doing it and why, then she can choose not to do it if she doesn't like the reaction, and she can explain herself, without your making her feel self-conscious about it.[/quote]

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