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autism and agression

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obviously right off we know this is a controversial and hard topic, but its something i really feel needs adressed for all of us.

i want to ask both sides, autistics and nts, what your views/thoughts on autism being connected with agression are;

first , for the nts who know /live with someone with autism who DOES have agression and sometimes violence,

for example, those with children who have 'tantrums that can result in violence and them lashing out, usually because of an autistic related stressor (hypersensitivty or misunderstanding of social experiences etc) as i have read a good number of those stories on this site, many of you have said you experience this

how do you feel when there are so many trying to distance autism from this issue, when those of us who live with it believer there is a connection? 

and for those of you with autism,

how do you feel about the connection made when you personally have never been agressive, lashed out or violent ?

and for those who have been agressivew, lashed out or violent, do you feel the connection is a fair one or unfair? 

as i said, i know this is a 'loaded' question, please try to be respectful when answering, thanks Laughing

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  • hohner said:

    Autism aggression has been linked to lack of testosterone levels(not to much as commonly thought), it is actually a panic coping reaction to the environment, it is not real aggression as with the psychopathic nature. So maybe increasing testosterone naturally will assist. Interesting Vit D does this and that also has been shown to be at low levels in Autism.

    http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-increase-testosterone-naturally/#axzz2FHC7ujKy

    Also suger drops the testosterone level, seems there is a loop thing going on here.

     

     i understand what you are sayingSmile but agression is agression, its the effects of agression onothers that define it, not specifically why or how its different to other forms of agression, everone has a reason for being agressive, but its still agression

    the issue is can autism lead to autistics to become agressive and or violent towards themselves and others, and in many stories here, it can

    i do think diet makes a difference but you can't force someone to eat things you know will help or stop eating things that make them worse , i've triedFrown

    i just find it difficult to understand why some have a problem accepting this, we cant change it if we dont , we need to ignore the steryotyping and rubbish and just deal with what IS rather than what others are thinking about it

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  • hohner said:

    Autism aggression has been linked to lack of testosterone levels(not to much as commonly thought), it is actually a panic coping reaction to the environment, it is not real aggression as with the psychopathic nature. So maybe increasing testosterone naturally will assist. Interesting Vit D does this and that also has been shown to be at low levels in Autism.

    http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-increase-testosterone-naturally/#axzz2FHC7ujKy

    Also suger drops the testosterone level, seems there is a loop thing going on here.

     

     i understand what you are sayingSmile but agression is agression, its the effects of agression onothers that define it, not specifically why or how its different to other forms of agression, everone has a reason for being agressive, but its still agression

    the issue is can autism lead to autistics to become agressive and or violent towards themselves and others, and in many stories here, it can

    i do think diet makes a difference but you can't force someone to eat things you know will help or stop eating things that make them worse , i've triedFrown

    i just find it difficult to understand why some have a problem accepting this, we cant change it if we dont , we need to ignore the steryotyping and rubbish and just deal with what IS rather than what others are thinking about it

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