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13 year old in psychiatric ward for first time
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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 466186" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>Yeah, I agree.... this can probably help clarify why we were talking about Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)...huge difference is when my kid did it, it wasn't a sneaky thing...it was a panic when they moved and he screammed and threw them. However because he frequently say things that make him sound "tough" and like he doesn't care he will have times now when he says he doesn't care or whatever. Yet, when he is calm and in a real talking mode, he starts his questions...MOM, do you think I will ever learn not to be afraid when I hold an animal? etc... When he hurt the cat it was petting/patting too rough or when he thought the cat was looking at him mean (we were teaching him facial expressions and he put people rules onto animals for a long time, still does sometimes). He desperately wanted the cat to love him like it loved me and got frustrated when he couldn't figure out how to do that. I had the cat 19 years and by the end my kiddo had figured most of it out and knew how to wiggle fingers to get him to come and I would find them cuddled for hours at a time on the weekend during NASCAR races.</p><p>It does sound very different. (BUT I still supervise him around any one's animals....that was an awful experience even if it was 9 years ago!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 466186, member: 12886"] Yeah, I agree.... this can probably help clarify why we were talking about Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)...huge difference is when my kid did it, it wasn't a sneaky thing...it was a panic when they moved and he screammed and threw them. However because he frequently say things that make him sound "tough" and like he doesn't care he will have times now when he says he doesn't care or whatever. Yet, when he is calm and in a real talking mode, he starts his questions...MOM, do you think I will ever learn not to be afraid when I hold an animal? etc... When he hurt the cat it was petting/patting too rough or when he thought the cat was looking at him mean (we were teaching him facial expressions and he put people rules onto animals for a long time, still does sometimes). He desperately wanted the cat to love him like it loved me and got frustrated when he couldn't figure out how to do that. I had the cat 19 years and by the end my kiddo had figured most of it out and knew how to wiggle fingers to get him to come and I would find them cuddled for hours at a time on the weekend during NASCAR races. It does sound very different. (BUT I still supervise him around any one's animals....that was an awful experience even if it was 9 years ago!) [/QUOTE]
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