My 14 yr old high functioning Autisic son will not stop talking. He will start talking excessively and will not stop even when asked. He will either tell a story with excessive detail, jump from topic to topic or will ask a series of unrelated questions that he doesn’t give you the chance to answer. He used to be pretty good at having a conversation but that is no longer the case and he is driving everyone crazy! This began happening when he started HS in the fall and I figured it was due to the… read more
It's how you are asking him to be quiet . From my experience , I know exactly first hand myself , can be like this especially at younge age like 14 , looking back i must have drove everyone co co . However , I can't remember anyone around me actually taking the time to explain . Look I'm saying this because I love you and the reason you might be talking too much is because you have overwhelming multiple feeling and thoughts that you find hard to explain . But trust me , it would be better if you try and slow down so people can understand where you are coming from . It's difficult I know but your mind works different , but that's ok because that's you and I wouldn't change who you are , I just want to help you see who you can also be to other people which will help you in future life .
You say it's non stop but if you think about it 24 hours in a day . My older son 11 he can tend to do this , I find the best way to connect with him and talk and he listen is in the morning when he's just waking up , that way he's too tired to talk over me . He's listening and because it's just the start of the day that advice will subconsciencely come out during the day 👍
If it don't work what you are doing now try looking at it from a different perspective , but what ever you do do not shun him out even if he's talking he still has eyes and if other family members giving off a we don't want to be around this talkative person vibe , well that's not going to be very good for his self esteem ,
Good luck and happy holidays x
Good advice thank you
My son isn’t in that age, so I don’t know. However, maybe working with a therapist (speech?) would help with back and forth communication. Or social groups for similar kids.
Omg my daughter has just started to do what your son is doing, she won’t stop from when she wakes until she falls to sleep ! Then she still talks in her sleep and it’s a load of rubbish she talks about.