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jenwren

Hello all

My name is Jen , me and my Husband have four children and our 9 year old son Jack is having really bad problems :(

We have been fighting for 4 and a half years for a diagnoses for Jack and last year he got misdiagnosed and treated for ADHD . Me and my husband ( and the rest of oour family ) have always known that he has Autism . Jack soils himself and has done for the last 4 and a half years , not only that he has an obsession with Football and Maths .

Only recently we went to CAHMS and the doctor there noticed that Jack cannot maintain eye contact and that he is very over emotional and he can't handle new situations at all . On Monday we saw the Pediatrician and at the end of Jack's appointment I asked what she thought it was and she said that she thinks that Jack is on the autistic spectrum . I was so relieved because I need to know what it is .

i would like to know is his soiling associated with Autism ? He soils himself all day long ( but not at night ) he has not got anything medically wrong with him a he has seen the Gastro and had all the tests .

I got really upset today because our Family support worker said because I am emotional it is making Jack worse :(

Jack is also violent at home and in school . In school he is not allowed any playtime because he is violent to the other children and for his own safety .

Any advice would be wonderful

Thank you for reading this post :) 

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  • I do not know anything about this area however, I can see that there may be sensory issues at play and the other random thought I had was an Osteopath.  My son has High Functioning Autism and ADHD and is 10.  We tried 3 Osteopath sessions as recommended to us by someone that had heard it can help.

    My son is wary and nervous around strangers and new situations.  Amazingly he was lying on the table with the Osteopath handle his head, shoulders, rib cage area etc.  He enjoyed the 20/30 minute sessions and was definetely more relaxed.  He asked me if my son had any constipation type difficulties or with toilieting.  They work a lot on relaxing the central core area around the diaphragm as this connects up to the spine/neck/head etc.  or something like that.  May be worth looking into at least.  Our 3 sessions certainly helped him relax physically and he stopped complaining of stomach aches.

    On the sensory my son was 3.5 before he stopped soiling and although he knew well before then when he needed to go, he would hide or deliberately do it in his pants rather than the toilet.  We thought it was because he was afraid of the sensation and of the sensation when on the toilet.  We bribed him with chocolate in the end, but I realise that would not work in your circumstances with an older child.

    Best wishes

     

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  • I do not know anything about this area however, I can see that there may be sensory issues at play and the other random thought I had was an Osteopath.  My son has High Functioning Autism and ADHD and is 10.  We tried 3 Osteopath sessions as recommended to us by someone that had heard it can help.

    My son is wary and nervous around strangers and new situations.  Amazingly he was lying on the table with the Osteopath handle his head, shoulders, rib cage area etc.  He enjoyed the 20/30 minute sessions and was definetely more relaxed.  He asked me if my son had any constipation type difficulties or with toilieting.  They work a lot on relaxing the central core area around the diaphragm as this connects up to the spine/neck/head etc.  or something like that.  May be worth looking into at least.  Our 3 sessions certainly helped him relax physically and he stopped complaining of stomach aches.

    On the sensory my son was 3.5 before he stopped soiling and although he knew well before then when he needed to go, he would hide or deliberately do it in his pants rather than the toilet.  We thought it was because he was afraid of the sensation and of the sensation when on the toilet.  We bribed him with chocolate in the end, but I realise that would not work in your circumstances with an older child.

    Best wishes

     

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