My son is 3 he is in a great deal of therapies, his schedule and routine are very important to him! Over the last 5 weeks or so everything has escaleted with him anxiety, meltdowns, emotional breakdowns, aggression, not wanting to leave the house at times even to do things he loves I cannot figure out a trigger when it is so many aspects if daily life. Things have been very hard lately! Now we will be moving in a month. It is for his benefit to give him more space a yard and room for some… read more

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?

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

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.

Our daughter is constantly angry and hates school no matter what. We just moved to LA last August 2013. When we went to visit our local public school for her to attend she broke out in tears. She said mommy I don't want to go to public school any more.

My husband and I have a new business we opened in January 2014. We are still trying to find clients.

Our daughter, Shoshana is also in the process of having braces on her teeth. We understand her pain. We totally understand her difficulties.

My daughter is excited about reading night at school tonight. Yesterday I told her that I was getting her tested for a problem with her handwriting in June and she started crying. I asked her why and she just says there’s a lot of things going on. And that she has counseling at school next Week. And just a lot of things coming up that she doesn’t really have to worry about right now and I told her that. I asked her why she was obsessed. She didn’t know. But she calmed down and said that she was… read more

my daughter has severe PICA. she will eat anything..... literally! any ideas on something she can stim with that she cant eat that is bendable? she likes straight things like string, shoe laces, chew necklace/bracelet, yarn, straws etc. But she will eat them all.!!!!!!

How to discipline an ASD child the right way?

Even though my son is currently in 2nd grade, I can't help but wonder about his future especially once he finishes Elementary. My son is no longer in special education classes but he does need help in a lot of things. His school work for now isn't an issue, it's the normal everyday things he needs help with. Like opening his food, having to supervise him getting dressed, reminding him about things he needs to do etc. I'm just concerned about how he's going to do in middle school. Like the… read more