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Hello I am very new to this. My son Oliver was diagnosed with asd a month ago and it has been a bit of a roller coaster. He is only three but already has many challenging behaviours. One that I am particularly concerned about and needing some advice is throwing. He throws anything he can over the fence, out the window, down the stairs and across the room. We have gone through many plates, and bowels and he has broken a lot of our ornaments as well as my two other children's things. We have put up signs to show that there is no throwing and we have also tried using a place that he needs to go when he does throw eg in his room or on the step. We do not call it the naughty step because he does not know what it means. He has no idea of facial expressions or the different tone of voice we use and we are running out of ideas. Oliver has good communication and can tell us to a degree what he wants but he does not understand a lot that we say to him. Pleaase any advice would be great.

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  • "Have you considered having a place where he is able to throw things?"

    I was thinking something similar.  Would a basketball hoop with accompanying balls be suitable?  Or skittles to be aimed at and knocked over?  Would little beanbags be safer projectiles?

    I have Asperger's.  I vaguely remember a very few occasions, when I was little, when I would obsessively throw an object up in the air, repeatedly.  One such object was a cuddly toy, because I wanted to see that toy briefly existing without it touching anything else.  Another object on another occasion was a toy truck of some sort, and I remember getting told off for being naughty, having the toy taken from me, and I ended up in some sort of a tantrum state about it.  I think, again, I wanted to watch it existing in mid-air, without it touching anything else, though I can only very, very vaguely remember that.

    Perhaps, if the reason for his obsession with throwing can be discovered, it might lead to a way to safely accommodate his throwing.

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  • "Have you considered having a place where he is able to throw things?"

    I was thinking something similar.  Would a basketball hoop with accompanying balls be suitable?  Or skittles to be aimed at and knocked over?  Would little beanbags be safer projectiles?

    I have Asperger's.  I vaguely remember a very few occasions, when I was little, when I would obsessively throw an object up in the air, repeatedly.  One such object was a cuddly toy, because I wanted to see that toy briefly existing without it touching anything else.  Another object on another occasion was a toy truck of some sort, and I remember getting told off for being naughty, having the toy taken from me, and I ended up in some sort of a tantrum state about it.  I think, again, I wanted to watch it existing in mid-air, without it touching anything else, though I can only very, very vaguely remember that.

    Perhaps, if the reason for his obsession with throwing can be discovered, it might lead to a way to safely accommodate his throwing.

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