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Saintydad

Son diagnosed 18 months ago with Autism,10 years old and spends all day in his room playing his pc.We were told to allow this as its his window to the world, but over the last 2 months he seems to be getting worse.my sons autism is noticeable in the social side of life.I would love any help or advice in how to break the computer,school computer,bed,computer cycle. He just sits on his bed when we dont allow him pc time.He wont go out and play and spends very little time with the family as a family.On top of all this he has bad excema and when he gets stressed it flares up considerably (and due to his condition,if he doesnt get on his pc he gets stressed) I thank you in advance for any future help.

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  • Re: the suggestions to move the PC into a family room. It may help. But don't force it upon him. I would have hated it if my parents had forced me to use the family computer in a family room instead of it being in my bedroom, when I was growing up. I still hate it when I'm doing something and there are other people around. Especially when what I'm doing is being on the computer!

    I believe this is fairly common amongst people on the spectrum - many of us need the isolation - forcing us to 'join in' and be 'within the family group' does us more harm than good.

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  • Re: the suggestions to move the PC into a family room. It may help. But don't force it upon him. I would have hated it if my parents had forced me to use the family computer in a family room instead of it being in my bedroom, when I was growing up. I still hate it when I'm doing something and there are other people around. Especially when what I'm doing is being on the computer!

    I believe this is fairly common amongst people on the spectrum - many of us need the isolation - forcing us to 'join in' and be 'within the family group' does us more harm than good.

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