Hello everyone
We are at the very beginning of our journey... Since testing takes time, I wanted to be proactive and do as much as I can on my own and with help of our family and friends. How do I introduce them to the issue? How do I ask for appropriate help and support? What is the right thing to say and what is not? Is it ok to ask for monetary help (costs of therapy, dietary supplements, therapeutic accessories, etc) if yes, how to do so in a delicate manner
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Help my ex wont give my son his meds on the weekends or vacation time he has him. so my son goes days without it and comes home more upset and violent with his sisters and me. I have try to talk to his father about making sure that he gets it but got told that he can give it to himself which the doctor says no because of where he is on the spectrum. I have tired talking to DFCS where I live and got told they cant do anything because I have the child most of the time. What else can I do because… read more

When reading about repetitive behaviors and autism, I mostly see things such as "lining up toys", "sorting things by colors", etc. or they talk of stimming behaviors, "hand flapping", " finger flicking", etc.

So I'm looking for others who have an autism diagnosis who do not or are not affected by those types of repetitive behaviors. Anyone?

My daughter is 6 and she seems to require a bare minimum of 2 hours of exercise per day, but does best with 4 hours or more. I'm autistic too and I love activity, but I have back problems due to a herniated disk in my lumbar spine so I can only do so much before my back starts to really hurt. Any suggestions? Oh, we also have a trampoline and a pool, both of which she uses, but it never seems to be enough.

Does anyone have any tips for potty training a non verbal toddler.

Quick synopsis: my son is 14 and has been using aggression since about age 8. He probably has 2-3 instances per month at school/ABA, and maybe 3-4 instances per year at home. It's usually a single hit/slap and then maybe restraint until he calms, which is usually within 10-15 minutes
This morning, while home sick with a cold, my son needed bathroom assistance. My wife was helping him since I was in a work meeting. I heard screams and ran upstairs to help and my son was pulling my wife's hair,… read more

My son wants to throw things away. I have no idea why he wants to do this. But he wants to throw things away so badly that he actually will rip up items so he "justify" throwing them away. He throws away books, clothes, food, etc. It happens every day, throughout the day, and multiple times per day.

He's 18 so I can't physically stop him. I am able to delay him. He also gets sneaky about it to the extent of getting up during the night to throw things away.

Ideas anyone?

My 5 year old son was diagnosed with PDD-NOS, OCD, SPD, tics, etc. He has a problem with his nails chipping or breaking easily. He also has hang nails often. He constantly is chewing on his nails, or I have noticed him sucking on his arms or hands until it leaves a red naek behind. Would you consider this as stimming? I am curious on your thoughts if I shoukd help him with a replacement of sorts? Is that a bad idea? Am I creating a desire to like and do this sensory input more? Or... Am… read more

What do you encourage for independent play. Be have drawing and puzzles down but can't seem to find anything else she'll take interest in. She's almost 3 and electronics are not an option at this time.