Autistic Student Licks Everything
Student with Autism Licks Everything
“My autistic student has licking habits.
She licks everything.
Everything means books, paper, plastic, the ground… all.
How should I teach her?”
-M. Basel
It can be a real challenge when students present behaviors that are extreme or that really cross the divide of what is socially acceptable.
Licking everything is one of those…
And having a student who licks everything is actually just a version of stimming behavior that’s so typical in students with autism. There’s no way for you to just expect a student with this type of behavior to suddenly stop.
Instead what you will have to do is redirect the behavior into something more acceptable and also more hygienic.