I may have asked this before but I’m asking again because I’m desperate for answers. I’ve searched online and haven’t found any information on what I’m looking for.

What does boredom look like in your ASD kid? What actions do they do when they are bored? How can you tell? If they are not bored just under-stimulated, how do you explain to others the difference??

I think dressing well but he still prefers his old clothes which can be short - trousers

I have 4 years old under the spectrum. Since he was two years old he is humping pillows whenever the opportunity comes a home. He does not do such thing at daycare, but whenever he comes home from daycare, he eats and then start humping pillow on the bed. I saw he has erection. Is this normal?. Usually he does that for over 30 minutes. I do really need to know if anybody saw something like this in the past.

So, I understand there is great debate over the two when it comes to children. However, I wanted to hear from my ASD family on here. When you or your children are bored, how do you or they act? I was raised in foster care so I've had my fair share of boredom. With a non-asd child I would see bored kids do absolutely nothing with a literal boredom on their face. However, with our son he will throw his toys, toss his toys up on the air, or roughly scoot them across floors or make them drop from… read more

Many people only know autism from the outside looking in.
I want to help you understand it from an autistic point of view, and learn why we do the things we do!

My nonverbal son has a tendency to over eat. For those of you with kids who over eat, especially nonverbal ones, do you let them over eat to avoid meltdowns or do you discourage and distract them from this? My son is a growing teenage boy but I am a tiny bit worried we are teaching him to eat because he is bored as a habit....

My daughter who is 17 with autism, is always asking to go to the bathroom when out or when she is bored. No medical issue . Any ideas for a replacement behavior?

we are set up pretty daily in a basic routine but I am sooo bored.

I think my family is getting bored with the usual-Scrabble, Uno, Crazy 8’s, War.

I’ve heard that too much screen time causes autism. And that you can improve autism by spending more time with your child.