Early 20s male who has severe autism and is nonverbal and has increasingly been displaying really challenging aggressive, disruptive and destructive behaviour.
Currently, carers are provided by the council; however, carers require parents to be at home, and most of the time, they watch him play with his toys.
We do not want him going to a residential and want to manage him at home.
I had an idea of an occupational therapist. Still, since he is no longer in school, I wondered if there was any type of community support that we could get access to manage his very aggressive, disruptive and destructive challenging behaviour. He is very strong, and we are worried that his behaviour, like in the past, will be too much for some of these professionals who will want to either medicate him or put him in residential.
We need someone who is very patient and has the skills to manage this particular case, preferably at home.
I believe he still has the potential for learning with a lot of consistency and structure, but as he has gotten older, he has become more stubborn and has realised his strength, which he uses to get his way often. We love him a lot and just want the best for him.
Any advice, anecdotes or recommendations would be extremely helpful.