I raise twins on the Spectrum and I have heard that from my son with Asperger's but it stopped. I just kept telling him I loved him one day he cried never happened again. Hope it helps

Sue, I read your info and see you did not realize you were on the Spectrum until late. This happened with my son (we did not realize until recently - he is a very high functioning asperger) who does extremely well in in school and sounds like you very much from what you have written (spends most of his time gaming and with music) He wants to be a teacher and he also currently works as a summer camp counselor (he is great with children) in the summer, but he does not like to be around a lot of people otherwise - he also seems to have no interest in romantic relationships )although others are interested in him) I worry for him as he gets older - do you have any insight you would be willing to share?

Thank you. I do know that teenagers need to become independent - this was just a total change of his personality. We changed a medication and it has helped a bit. My biggest fear is that we will lose his spirit to the Aspergers. Thank you again, stay safe, stay healthy.

Pretty common for ASD and non-ASD teens to clash with their parents. It's part of becoming an independent person from being a completely dependent kid. Most of us live long enough to see the wisdom of our parents even when we thought they were so uncool at one time in our lives.

Dreading our 10 year old daughter entering her teen years as she already swears enough and gets loud because she thinks it's funny. I hear a lot about how innocent acting ASD kids are but my daughter is not one of them.