One of Harry's biggest complaints is the noise! He hates it when others are in the same space as he is while he is trying to work. The smallest little noise will set him off into a screaming, frustrated spiral of uncontrollable emotion. So today while playing lego with his brother, this can up again. He could not stand the sound Thomas was making while rummaging through the lego bin. Thomas was not talking or doing anything that would possibly be perceived as annoying, but man did it send Harry over the edge, crying screaming, breaking toy, all because of this sound he wanted stopped.

I ended up explaining to him that he needs to try and work with other people in the same room and to see if he could somehow block out the sound or egnore it. I then asked him what he does in his classroom when the school kids make noise, he said he asks them to be quiet and tells them he is getting a headache!

So for now I have given him a pair of old broken headphones that cover the whole ear. Lets see if this helps?

Although I can understand, I work in the same room with Dave and I just asked him to stop tapping, I wonder what I was like as a kid?