Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi. I am a parent of a 18 year old autistic boy and I need some help. He is developmentally about 13 years old.
He has had access to the Internet and I have found in the search history pages relating to wegies and porn. I have had the discussion with him about sex and pornography but he keeps going back to the wegies videos and the search is starting to go towards girls rather than women.
How do I get him to stop? Where can I get help?
I'm not very tech clever but willing to learn, if someone can point me in the right direction.
I am also looking for maybe a counselling service or help group who can give me some advice on how to deal with allowing him Internet access in a safe and responsible way.
Hoping for some guidance and advice.
Poppins
Dear NAS38635,
As well as the useful advise our community users have provided, you may also like to contact our Autism Helpline team who can provide you with information and advice . You can contact the team via telephone on 0808 800 4104 (Monday to Thursday 10am to 4pm, Friday 9am to 3pm). Please note that the Helpline is experiencing a high volume of calls and it may take a couple of attempts before you get through to speak to an advisor. Alternatively, should you prefer to send a message, you can do so via their webform:
https://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/main/questions.aspx
Kind regards,
Ayshe Mod