- I'm really struggling my son is now 4 im a single mum who works full time. He started showing signs of ASD from very early and started the assessment process at 1.5yrs old but we are still on the waiting list. I'm really struggling at the moment he's overly tactile I can't sit down on my own in a chair. He follows me from room to room no matter how long I spend with him I can't go upstairs on my own. Every car journey home from nursery is an emotional melt down over shops. He's very intelligent can read numbers and letters well and his talking has really come on he didnt say much at all b4 3. But day to day things are so difficult I can't get him into more than an inch of water washing his hair is world war 3. He often stays awake till 11ish at night if I'm not in the bed and he can't feel me in his sleep he will get up at 2 or 3 am. The overly tactile behaviours I'm finding really hard to deal with as it's stopping me from doing what I meed to do. He literally wants to be strapped to me like a badge. I love him with all my heart but I'm feeling suffocated and like everything around me in the house is falling apart. Reasoning with him doesn't work when his in this mode normally results in more crying.
