My 5 year old used to often put his hands in his mouth, mostly in new situations or when he was asked to do something challenging I think. But about 2 months ago, he started doing it all the time, regardless of the situation. His classmates don't want to be around him. His teacher is always telling him to wash his hands or put hand sanitizer on them. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Medication

She seems to do it out of necessity not for pleasure.

I'm looking for the best southern state with the best resources. We're trying not to move back to Ohio, but we're not receiving much help where we're at.

We are planning to move from Canada to San Diego. My boys are in the spectrum, one in low functioning autism spectrum with good interest in art and music and the other in mild spectrum range with tantrums.
I am seeking suggestion on which school district is better for kids in low function spectrum. Advice on advocating for getting them into school program that would help them. How does transportation work for kids in spectrum. Thanks in advance..

We have been doing ABA at home now for almost a year & I sometimes wonder is it helping or is it not ?? It is so expensive & we have been thru 3 different people , not by our choice they left the company & And now my 4yr old knows that he has work , stuff to do when the ABA person comes over & he tells her No & to go home ..His Aggression has seem to getting worse:( Any advice or opinions would be greatful

Good afternoon! My family is moving to Greater Houston, more precisely to the Tomball / Cy-Fair / Klein area. I have a 9 year-old boy who's severely autistic. Any advice is appreciated! Thanks!

Does anyone have any ideas on how to get my autistic two year old to stop moving and climbing on his dresser? He also pulls the plugs from the wall in his room, I put a plug cover on that’s supposed to be child proof, but it was not Haiden proof, so I took all plugs out of his room but I was hoping someone could give me ideas, because I can’t take plugs out of the whole house.

My daughter has always hit her head with both hands in every sinario (even when she first wakes up) but recently it's been getting very hard and I just don't know what to do about it, it's so hard to try distract her and try to find any triggers is seeming to be impossible, any advise would be greatly appreciated, especially since the woman who normally works with my child is off on holiday 😬