For us so far: biting, bolting, random high pitched screeching, scratching, and climbing on furniture

My son is turning 6 in March and has gotten into the habit of hitting and or scratching people. Does anyone have any advice what to do to try and correct the problem? Thanks Bless you all. 🙏

Hi everyone. My son has ASD and is turning 3 in a few days. He is also non verbal. He has been in an early intervention preschool for 6 months. For whatever reason, after never having done this before, he is scratching other classmates.

I have watched him do it to see if there was a trigger but I can’t figure it out. It’s almost like he knows he can do it. I have realized he is noticing peers for the first time and looks like he is reaching out to them but then quickly grabs them to scratch.

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My son screams and shrieks all day when he's happy but my ears just can't take it! I'm glad that he's happy and expresses it, but its hard to deal with constant screaming, especially since I also have a 3 month old baby.

Adan used to run and scream and throw himself down to the ground on his knees when upset. He eventually stopped that and began hitting and scratching me when he's upset. Now that behavior has almost disappeared, but he has started screeching incredibly, painfully loud and piercing any time he is upset. I have tried ignoring it, talking to him and telling him not to scream, frantically rushing to try a different show/song/episode, offering every possible thing he may want, turning off the TV, and… read more

My son is constantly picking at old scars, bumps, pimples, etc, and just will not let up. He's got eczema, but we constantly keep his skin medicated, and we use a lot of lotions and it has gone down a lot. Now his new thing is scratching his scalp. He won't stop, and he's starting to get some bald spots. I know why he does it. He does it because he sees scalp particles fall down, which fascinates him. It's almost an obsession with him, and I don't know what to do anymore. Has anyone had… read more

My daughter has been exhibiting what appears to be a new stimming behavior. It all started a few months ago during a vacation to the beach in Florida, my daughter started to open her eyes extremely wide every few moments for no apparent reason. This continued for several weeks and persists now during school and when she gets home. She also will tug at her bottom eye lids, causing some slight bruising as she does it frequently. She recently received a full eye exam--her first, which she did GREAT… read more

Hey you any folks with older kids who toe walk? Has there been anything that has helped? Is there anything we need to be concerned about long term with feet/ joint pain or discomfort?