Help my ex wont give my son his meds on the weekends or vacation time he has him. so my son goes days without it and comes home more upset and violent with his sisters and me. I have try to talk to his father about making sure that he gets it but got told that he can give it to himself which the doctor says no because of where he is on the spectrum. I have tired talking to DFCS where I live and got told they cant do anything because I have the child most of the time. What else can I do because… read more

Next Fall I will be homeschooling my 7 year old NT daughter and my 10 year old Aspie son (3rd and 5th grade, respectively. I have heard various ideas about which is better, a dedicated classroom or a "corner" of a public area in the house. If we used a "classroom" it would be a spare/craft room with a table, couch, and storage. If we used a public area, it would be 1/3 of the great room with kitchen, living, and dining room nearby. I know there would be more distractions in the great room… read more

We are having furniture moved on Saturday and need to stay hiding/wear masks in the bedroom/bathroom for about an hour or two while they are here. Any thoughts/ideas on encouaging him to stay in the room with me? Going out for a walk or a drive is not possible.

My now 14 year old has discovered that he gets erections, and plays with himself, sometimes openly. I have told him not to do this where people can see him do it. But, I also told him that people do it, but not in front of other people. So how do I address this if it continues to happen?

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 son often hits our family (including my 3 year old) when he is frustrated. I am already very aware of and practice all of the preventative measures (reward systems for positive behavior, reducing triggers in his environment, etc.) but I think I need to start giving consistent consequences for the hitting. He is high-functioning ASD (Level 1), no learning disabilities, not on meds and does ABA therapy, but we haven't been able to stop the hitting yet. It is so upsetting! Any suggestions… read more

My son is just fascinated with lights--has been from infancy. He didn't face gaze--he light gazed. We often get on him to stop looking directly into a halogen light or even the sun!! I'm afraid this is going to lead him to blindness at some point, but I am at a loss as to what to do about it.

My son wants to throw things away. I have no idea why he wants to do this. But he wants to throw things away so badly that he actually will rip up items so he "justify" throwing them away. He throws away books, clothes, food, etc. It happens every day, throughout the day, and multiple times per day.

He's 18 so I can't physically stop him. I am able to delay him. He also gets sneaky about it to the extent of getting up during the night to throw things away.

Ideas anyone?

He screams "nightmares"! And screams and cries at the top of his lungs and throws everything around in his room when I turn the light off.he insists on sleeping with the light onbut I know that he is not getting the rest he needs because the light is on. Help.