Does anyone have suggestions on how best to find a good oral surgeon who specializes in working with special needs people? I took my 18 yr old autistic son in to the oral surgeon for his xray and consultation. I was not impressed with how they delivered the information to him..it made him MORE anxious!!! I am also very concerned about the general anesthetic..and how he will come out of it..combative? sick? also, knowing how autistic people handle pain (not very well, thank you) and the 3 or 4… read more

Hi all,
My son does not sleep well at all and sometimes not at all. We started with melatonin which had a reverse effect and kept him awake. Tried night time teas, sensory vests, brushing, etc. He is currently on trazedone and has been for some time. We cannot increase because of his size. We start the process each night at 8 and usually by 11:30 or 12 he is asleep until 6. Looking for any advice or tips on how to get him to bed faster and easier :)

my son has a moderate level of sensory sensitivity, has had toileting issues for some time, but now he is mostly 'trained' however the greatest challenge is getting him to wear underwear. any suggestions? also, he has a little brother who still needs pullups, so they are in the house for another year or so.

TBH— I want a comparison. I guess I want to stop ignoring attention seeking just because of my emotions.

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 son who's 8 now, gets in the shower, but has problems with washing himself due to sensory issues. He does NOT like anything really touching his face, so washing it is a problem. He's also is this way about his head, so washing his hair has been a problem. He has gotten better with his hair over the years, but still gets upset sometimes and screams. We are trying to work on getting him to shower by himself, but this becomes a problem when lack of body awareness is an issue when trying to wash… read more

Does anyone else have a problem with their kids putting too much food in their mouth at once? Little Man will literally put almost an entire half sandwich in his mouth at once and then try to chew it up. Is this an autism/sensory thing? That possibility just occured to me today but I don't know if there's actually a connection there. Anyone else have experience with this?

My son loves to take things apart, or break things (that most of the time can’t be fixed). I know he doesn’t do it out of anger 9 times out of 10, but I just don’t know what’s going on in his head.

My daughter was recently diagnoses with autism so I am still learning about her diagnosis and some of the things that I can expect to experience. One of my biggest challenges helping her when she is experiencing a meltdown. I have tried holding her, or singing to her none of these really help to console her she pretty much has to tire out. The other day she was having a meltdown in the car and I tried offering her my hand to see if just having some physical contact with me would help and that… read more