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sarah2403

Hi my four year old son has just been diagnosed with autism. 

it was quite a shock to the system my partner and I just thought he was slow with his speech but after almost 2 years he has finally been diagnosed. 

its all very new to me and I would be very greatful for other parents and careers for advice and if there are group meetings where I can meet parents with children with autism

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  • lolly said:

    Im looking after my 4yr old grandson who has been diagnosed with ASD, we are having terrible problems with stamping, hitting & spitting he has also become very destructive, we have tried everything to chastise him but nothing is working, has anyone else had any experiences like this & if so how did they deal with it & did it stop?

    Chastising him almost certainly will not work.

    Bribes probably will.

    The reason for this is that we on the spectrum are often reward motivated.

    So it's better to say "If you don't do X you'll get Y" rather than "Don't do X or you won't get Y".

    Punishments rarely work with us.

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  • lolly said:

    Im looking after my 4yr old grandson who has been diagnosed with ASD, we are having terrible problems with stamping, hitting & spitting he has also become very destructive, we have tried everything to chastise him but nothing is working, has anyone else had any experiences like this & if so how did they deal with it & did it stop?

    Chastising him almost certainly will not work.

    Bribes probably will.

    The reason for this is that we on the spectrum are often reward motivated.

    So it's better to say "If you don't do X you'll get Y" rather than "Don't do X or you won't get Y".

    Punishments rarely work with us.

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