Teenage son can’t tolerate children

I’m looking for urgent help and/ or advice. My seventeen year old is becoming less and less tolerant of children in public. We have already had to stop having our grandson in our home because of threats. When we go out in public and see children my son screams or shrieks, says “I hate kids,” bangs his head, or tells the parents “your son/ daughter is annoying me.” I can’t get him out of the area fast enough to avoid an outburst. We are to the point I’m scared to take him anywhere. I think my son has been struggling with the high pitch sound of children’s voices for a while, but just in the last few months has begun to have major outbursts. Please share some experiences or advice to help us. Thanks. 

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  • I’m sorry that happened, and it makes a lot of sense. I’m learning how much past trauma affects everything. At first I was thinking this was purely a sensory issue for my son, but the more I look into it, it seems to be a lot deeper. My son struggles with expressing himself too, which makes it harder to get to the bottom of this. 

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