Poor Andy is terrified of the vacuum cleaner. He starts crying inconsolably and runs at the sight of the machine. If he hears it going he curls up in a ball and screams. Quite the extreme reaction. Andy's therapy team is now together. Hopefully they can start training tomorrow and working with him. This is one of the big things on his plan, desensitizing him from the vacuum. Here is how we are going to start...
We are going to start with a picture of it. Then it will be having it near and looking at it. In time, we get to turning it on. Slow process. Even if he gets to a point where he runs off with his fingers in his ears like Eric, at least that's reasonable. I don't love the sound of these machines either, but it don't get me out of using it! So this is the new home for my vacuum for a while.
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