how do i stop my son from taking his own life?

Hello there, welcome to the comunity here.

I'm sorry to hear your son is going through this at the moment and he does seem to be making a cry for help by telling you about it and then backing out from doing it, so that is a positive.

There is some great advice on other discussion threads here which may help - here are a link to a few of the posts with valuable content:

https://community.autism.org.uk/f/mental-health-and-wellbeing/17364/suicidal-thoughts

https://community.autism.org.uk/f/mental-health-and-wellbeing/20368/trigger-warning---suicide

https://community.autism.org.uk/f/mental-health-and-wellbeing/24363/depression-and-suicidal-thoughts

I hope these offer some information that can help.

Hello there, welcome to the comunity here.

I'm sorry to hear your son is going through this at the moment and he does seem to be making a cry for help by telling you about it and then backing out from doing it, so that is a positive.

There is some great advice on other discussion threads here which may help - here are a link to a few of the posts with valuable content:

https://community.autism.org.uk/f/mental-health-and-wellbeing/17364/suicidal-thoughts

https://community.autism.org.uk/f/mental-health-and-wellbeing/20368/trigger-warning---suicide

https://community.autism.org.uk/f/mental-health-and-wellbeing/24363/depression-and-suicidal-thoughts

I hope these offer some information that can help.

thanks Iain, i'll take a look at those