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you refer to him showing signs of violence. Has he had meltdowns before? Is that the kind of violence? Is he hitting out at people? Or is he expressing violent thoughts, possibly influenced by videos/on-line games.

He is now 15 and pressures to perform well academically clash with pressure to conform with peers, but with AS the latter is difficult and he may be being bullied or ostracised. So his behaviour may reflect increased external stresses and anxieties. That could well induce changes at that age.

Hitting out is sometimes a response to extreme environmental stress, which may worsen because of worry and anxiety. Even someone with good speach will experience frustration at social communication problems, and hitting out may be an expression of this.

Intense low self esteem and negative thoughts could make him more intensely focussed  on websites and films, and he might look for role models from them rather than the real world in which he can no longer compete.

you refer to him showing signs of violence. Has he had meltdowns before? Is that the kind of violence? Is he hitting out at people? Or is he expressing violent thoughts, possibly influenced by videos/on-line games.

He is now 15 and pressures to perform well academically clash with pressure to conform with peers, but with AS the latter is difficult and he may be being bullied or ostracised. So his behaviour may reflect increased external stresses and anxieties. That could well induce changes at that age.

Hitting out is sometimes a response to extreme environmental stress, which may worsen because of worry and anxiety. Even someone with good speach will experience frustration at social communication problems, and hitting out may be an expression of this.

Intense low self esteem and negative thoughts could make him more intensely focussed  on websites and films, and he might look for role models from them rather than the real world in which he can no longer compete.