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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 718113" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>More importantly than the eating, son has autism and is not getting autism intervetions for it. Behavioral therapy and interferring with stimming behaviors will not help your son one bit. He will still be and act autistic. He is not being "bad." He is neuroligically different and THIS is not being treated. It is not a good sign, for example, that he is 8 and still cant be in a store. My son got progressively better, but we had professional help for his autism. It cost us nothing but really helped.</p><p></p><p>My son is 24 and doing great. He got Occupational Therapist (OT), physical therapy, speech and social skills, not a behavioral therapist. That wont help autistic kids or change youd son. ABA is good and this helps behavior and function in aufistics but does not assume the kids are misbehaving. They arent!! The school should have an IEP for him with autism interventions and school adjustments.</p><p></p><p>The eating is part of the autism. Autism needs to be addressed as one whole neurological glitch. Many things can help, but forcing them to act "normal" just suppresses the neurological urges and they will come out in different behaviors. He needs help directly related to his challenge.</p><p></p><p>That is what we did with our son and he is doing amazing and is on his own. I recommend pdofessionals who uderstand autism. Your son, by your description, sounds very typically autistic, high functioning. You are not qualified to know what to do about it nor was i.</p><p></p><p>Autistics often have food aversions and cant eat certain textures. My son used to throw up if forced. He still wont eat veggies...being so, and in his own apartmrnt, he is quite overweight. He doesnt seem motivated to lose weight...maybe when he is older. Eating strangeness seems to be a part of many with autism. Perhaps your over concern about his eating is more about you than him. You seem overly involved in what he eats. You have a 23 year old...you know you cant control everything your child eats and as they get older they eat more the way they want.</p><p></p><p>Are you in therapy? If i had six kids and was a single mom, I would need therapy to help me cope!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 718113, member: 1550"] More importantly than the eating, son has autism and is not getting autism intervetions for it. Behavioral therapy and interferring with stimming behaviors will not help your son one bit. He will still be and act autistic. He is not being "bad." He is neuroligically different and THIS is not being treated. It is not a good sign, for example, that he is 8 and still cant be in a store. My son got progressively better, but we had professional help for his autism. It cost us nothing but really helped. My son is 24 and doing great. He got Occupational Therapist (OT), physical therapy, speech and social skills, not a behavioral therapist. That wont help autistic kids or change youd son. ABA is good and this helps behavior and function in aufistics but does not assume the kids are misbehaving. They arent!! The school should have an IEP for him with autism interventions and school adjustments. The eating is part of the autism. Autism needs to be addressed as one whole neurological glitch. Many things can help, but forcing them to act "normal" just suppresses the neurological urges and they will come out in different behaviors. He needs help directly related to his challenge. That is what we did with our son and he is doing amazing and is on his own. I recommend pdofessionals who uderstand autism. Your son, by your description, sounds very typically autistic, high functioning. You are not qualified to know what to do about it nor was i. Autistics often have food aversions and cant eat certain textures. My son used to throw up if forced. He still wont eat veggies...being so, and in his own apartmrnt, he is quite overweight. He doesnt seem motivated to lose weight...maybe when he is older. Eating strangeness seems to be a part of many with autism. Perhaps your over concern about his eating is more about you than him. You seem overly involved in what he eats. You have a 23 year old...you know you cant control everything your child eats and as they get older they eat more the way they want. Are you in therapy? If i had six kids and was a single mom, I would need therapy to help me cope! [/QUOTE]
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