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My son, who is eight has an uncanny sense of direction and timing. He always knows if you change direction in the car (from the normal route) and he always knows exactly when Daddy picks him up from school (his aftercare workers say about 2-5 minutes before I get there everyday, he just gets "ready for daddy") or when bath time is and he never looks at a clock. I need to go online and research this but I was wondering about taking these qualities and spinning it into positive things for him to… read more

He will not sit on the potty unless I have to clean up a dirty pull up or underwear, and then he will just sit there to get me to hold off on cleaning him up. I have tried letting him wear nothing he still doesn't care he does on occasion let me know when he is wet or dirty and I praise him soooo much. But every time I ask him if he has to go he says no and if I try and make him it willcause a melt down so I try and never force it not wanting to make it a bad experience for him

This happened over the weekend. We went a fast food place for take out. My 4 year-old ASD daughter was screaming in the car because her Mom didn't come with us. My 2 year-old son came in with me because he can behave in public and my daughter wasn't calming down. I parked the car next the big window at the entrance and cracked car windows opened. There was no line and I've eaten there once a week so I didn't waste time ordering. I went to get my son and daughter a drink.

A teenager comes… read more

I am not looking for ways to improve eye contact. I just want to understand why looking at someone (me) in the eye is so difficult for my 4 year old son. Is it that looking at someone in the eye adds tension, frustration, anxiety, what? I hate to tell my son to look at me in the eye so much, only to have him not want to do it or do it for 2 seconds only. I feel that if I at least understood why he doesn't do it, I'll be a better parent to him when we're having these "look at me in the eye"… read more

My son is 13 years old and has started to do the weirdest thing. I have diapers in my house for the grandkids. I started finding peed diapers in my sons room and bathroom. I talked to him. He admitted it. I got rid of all the diapers in my house but when he went to my daughters house she has now started to find diapers in the room he used. Has any one every experienced this issue. I am going to make a doctor appointment so I can get a referral to a therapist. But I just want to know if… read more

does anyone ever tell you "you are strong"?

ive heard this so many times i could puke
i have to be strong cuz no one helps me, i have to do all myself cause no one will help me "strong" ugh! call it how it is " you really work hard when 99% of people abandons you"

My son (9) has begun to have major melt downs that are very aggressive. I would normally know how to handle these behaviors but he has them maybe twice a month so typical interventions don't seem to be helping. There is no rhyme or reason that we can pinpoint and they come out of no where. We are usually able to respond rather quickly because he gets this looks on his face but the problem is they are getting too aggressive for me to handle. I have MS so my strength is deteriorating. If we… read more