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Teeth grinding

Elsie77

Hello,

my son has recently been diagnosed with autism. He is 7. He has been grinding his teeth in his sleep since he was very little. The dentist assured me he would grow out of it (pre-diagnosis) but he now has some of his big teeth and I am really worried about him doing permanent damage. 

Does anyone have experience of this/any tips on how to help him? I was told by our dentist that he is too young for night mouth guards because he is growing still and his adult teeth are still coming through so a guard could be damaging.

Thank you 

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  • Hello Turbokeyster85. You are normal, all AS people ARE normal. Autism is it's own normality, it's just a very different normality from the one that most people live in. We're not telling you there's something wrong with you, they are.

    I'm sorry to hear that you're ashamed of yourself, because I'm autistic and I have nothing to be shamed by. Other people should be ashamed of themselves for the way they treat me, but that's their problem, not mine.

    My best suggestion is that instead of being hurt and ashamed and wanting to be someone else, that you spend time with us learning that you're you, it's OK to be you, and that being on the spectrum can be very rewarding. You have qualities that 'normal' people don't have, but that all normal AS people do. Let's find them, together so you learn how to deal with it. How about it?

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  • Hello Turbokeyster85. You are normal, all AS people ARE normal. Autism is it's own normality, it's just a very different normality from the one that most people live in. We're not telling you there's something wrong with you, they are.

    I'm sorry to hear that you're ashamed of yourself, because I'm autistic and I have nothing to be shamed by. Other people should be ashamed of themselves for the way they treat me, but that's their problem, not mine.

    My best suggestion is that instead of being hurt and ashamed and wanting to be someone else, that you spend time with us learning that you're you, it's OK to be you, and that being on the spectrum can be very rewarding. You have qualities that 'normal' people don't have, but that all normal AS people do. Let's find them, together so you learn how to deal with it. How about it?

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