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8 year old reactive/aggressive - at my wits end.
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 655469" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I'm sorry you are having problems. I'm not sure where you live, but each country handles autism issues difference. Would you mind telling us? We have Canadians and one from the uk.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Medication is not the go-to therapy to help Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), if he has it. Various interventions are.</p><p></p><p>I have a 21 year old with high functioning autism and he sounds a lot like him.We took him to a neuropsychologist and his life improved once he learned better ways to cope with a world that moved too fast for him and that he did not really understand. Does your son get any interventions?</p><p></p><p>Many autistic kids are reactive when young, but can learn to control it and most do improve with the right interventions. ADHD medications never helped our son. They made him crazy. I am not exaggerating. Often autististics are actually very sensitive to medication. We quit worrying about the ADHD and concentrated on the autism. My son hates medications, they don't change his autism, and he is happy being himself so autism does not require medications. Interventions are very helpful. He is doing a lot of growing up even now. He is a very polite, sweet young man and is able to keep a part time job and live alone and take care of most things and almost never even gets angry (he raged as a young ;un). He got a lot of his interventions in school, which is a go-to place in the U.S. That's why I asked where you lived...</p><p></p><p>Your son is not acting antisocial. He is acting like a typical autistic. They can have very low frustration levels, but can learn to do better. They also often do not understand if they have been insulted or not...do not "get" constructive criticism and tend to act out if not taught better ways of coping and interacting. This is part of the disorder, not antisocial personality disorder. Since social skills is the main weakness, social skills help is EXTREMELY helpful.</p><p></p><p>There is a lot of hope with autism. Hang in there. I never thought it would end up this way, but everyone who knows my son feels they have to come up to either myself or my husband to tell us what a super young man he is...how kind and polite and sweet. They didn't see how he threw his time out chair as a strong four year old. He has calmed down to become the wonderful young man he is today and your son can too. He loves you and wants to please you, but he can't right now. Can you get him involved in autism interventions with professionals?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 655469, member: 1550"] I'm sorry you are having problems. I'm not sure where you live, but each country handles autism issues difference. Would you mind telling us? We have Canadians and one from the uk. Medication is not the go-to therapy to help Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), if he has it. Various interventions are. I have a 21 year old with high functioning autism and he sounds a lot like him.We took him to a neuropsychologist and his life improved once he learned better ways to cope with a world that moved too fast for him and that he did not really understand. Does your son get any interventions? Many autistic kids are reactive when young, but can learn to control it and most do improve with the right interventions. ADHD medications never helped our son. They made him crazy. I am not exaggerating. Often autististics are actually very sensitive to medication. We quit worrying about the ADHD and concentrated on the autism. My son hates medications, they don't change his autism, and he is happy being himself so autism does not require medications. Interventions are very helpful. He is doing a lot of growing up even now. He is a very polite, sweet young man and is able to keep a part time job and live alone and take care of most things and almost never even gets angry (he raged as a young ;un). He got a lot of his interventions in school, which is a go-to place in the U.S. That's why I asked where you lived... Your son is not acting antisocial. He is acting like a typical autistic. They can have very low frustration levels, but can learn to do better. They also often do not understand if they have been insulted or not...do not "get" constructive criticism and tend to act out if not taught better ways of coping and interacting. This is part of the disorder, not antisocial personality disorder. Since social skills is the main weakness, social skills help is EXTREMELY helpful. There is a lot of hope with autism. Hang in there. I never thought it would end up this way, but everyone who knows my son feels they have to come up to either myself or my husband to tell us what a super young man he is...how kind and polite and sweet. They didn't see how he threw his time out chair as a strong four year old. He has calmed down to become the wonderful young man he is today and your son can too. He loves you and wants to please you, but he can't right now. Can you get him involved in autism interventions with professionals? [/QUOTE]
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