Retained Primitive Reflexes

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Hi, Just wondering if / how Retained relfexes and Aspergers relate. I have a Moro and TLR still present. The symptoms sound a lot like sensory integration disorder and a host of other Asperger related problems. When I go through therapy I wonder if all my Aspie traits will clear up? Or if its alot of money for some promises that don't quite deliver.

Anyone else have this and if you went to Therapy (Vision or Movement) did it help?

Can you elaborate on Moro and TLR? It just saves me from googling it.

Sensory therapy will be a lifesaver for me. All my anxiety and meltdowns are caused by that. I don't really think all your AS traits will be cleared up once the sensory problems are fixed.

Hi, I doubt it would clear up all your aspie traits. I am an occupational therapist, my dad has aspergers and I have some traits of it myself- and have some sensory issues!! I have heard amazing things about how effective RMT is (and how effective in quite a short period of time) from an occupational therapy email group I belong to, but I don't have the training in it to be able to give you more detailed advice

Have you checked out:

The rhythmicmovement DOT com website- (just been told I can't post the whole website link as I am new!!) there is feedback from people who have had it.....quite a few parents of kids, but there are some adult responses to
and see the case study too- one woman's journey through it
you can also check/email for a therapist here too who has the proper training. You could email them and ask what traits it is likely to help with

It does go together with sensory integration/sensory processing- a lot of the occupational therapists who are trained in it will have also trained in sensory integration too.

There are quite a few great books if you wanted to read more on sensory processing- e.g
"Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight: What to Do If You Are Sensory Defensive in an Overstimulating World" by Sharon Heller,
"Living Sensationally: Understanding Your Senses" by Winnie Dunn

Depending on what your sensory processing traits/difficulties are Therapeutic listening (Sheila Frick) can be very effective too their website is called vitallinks dot net

Good luck

Retained Moro:
Hypersensitivity
Hyper-reactivity
Poor impulse control
Stimulus bound effect – cannot ignore peripheral stimuli to focus attention on one thing – has to pay attention to everything
Sensory overload
Anxiety – particularly anticipation anxiety
Labile emotions

The Fear Paralysis Reflex goes hand-in-hand with a retained Moro. Where Moro is involved with startle the FPR is withdrawl. Some symptoms are freezing and select mutism.
Emotional and social immaturity

Retained TLR

Postural problems, specifically hyper- or hypo-tonus (muscle tone)
Tendency to walk on the toes
Poor balance
Motion sickness
Orientation and spatial difficulties
Oculo-motor problems – affecting reading
Visual-perceptual problems – affecting reading and writing
Dislike of Physical Education (PE) (The Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology-UK)

Lots of autistics have retained infant reflexes.
I'm not sure about the exact statistics, nor about the exact relation.
Hopefully not. Your autistic pride may suffer if you start losing your autistic traits...

gee, that sounds an awful lot like me. i was super-skinny as a child because i had trouble swallowing food. i would gag and barf it up unless it was in confetti-sized pieces. this was an embarrassment to me. it drove my parents batty.