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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 127110" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>A very autistic younger brother of a classmate of my daughter's (phew) was a problem like this. He had a model railway set up on the dining table and would wander the house any time (but especially at night) and would get any powdery stuff and pour it onto the table to sculpt hills and mountains. The table would be covered in a mixture of coconut, sugar, flour, rice - all totally wasted. The ants had a wonderful time with it. The mother was totally incapable of coping, she had just given up. He was too capable of opening containers, she couldn't lock anything away from him without him being able to 'crack' it.</p><p>I remember being a tad horrified - I still am, when I look back, because she had just stopped trying. There ARE other options which included giving him some access to a more acceptable alternative (such as rice only), while putting everything forbidden into a big metal chest with a padlock, and hanging the key to the padlock round your neck when you sleep.</p><p></p><p>He did end up getting other options, when she put him in foster care permanently. Last I heard, he was making up a lot of ground.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 127110, member: 1991"] A very autistic younger brother of a classmate of my daughter's (phew) was a problem like this. He had a model railway set up on the dining table and would wander the house any time (but especially at night) and would get any powdery stuff and pour it onto the table to sculpt hills and mountains. The table would be covered in a mixture of coconut, sugar, flour, rice - all totally wasted. The ants had a wonderful time with it. The mother was totally incapable of coping, she had just given up. He was too capable of opening containers, she couldn't lock anything away from him without him being able to 'crack' it. I remember being a tad horrified - I still am, when I look back, because she had just stopped trying. There ARE other options which included giving him some access to a more acceptable alternative (such as rice only), while putting everything forbidden into a big metal chest with a padlock, and hanging the key to the padlock round your neck when you sleep. He did end up getting other options, when she put him in foster care permanently. Last I heard, he was making up a lot of ground. Marg [/QUOTE]
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