is this it for the rest of our lives?????

Hi all our son was diagnoised last year at the age of 6 with ASD after fighting for nearly 4 years for help. He went through a stage of being aggressive towards me physically around 4 years old after 6 or so months it gradually stopped unfortunatley now the aggression has come back ten fold and hes now 8 and nearly as tall as me. I cant control him when hes aggressive towards me as i just dont have the strength. His temper is out of control he gets angry over everything and then he starts thrwoing things at me or running at me to hurt me. We have a 4 yr daughter and 11 month old baby son and he is so aggressive towards his sister ive had to explain to the school the marks on her body because of him. We have no support from anywhere.No family who is willing to get involved they all just think hes a naughty child and we have no professionals who want to help we have called so many people but we just get told " your doing fine just carry on" or "the goverment cutbacks mean we cant help you". Im at my witts end im crying all day everyday im scared of my own son and im scared for our daughters safety around him. My husband works 50 hours a week and he tries his best to help but hes finding it hard watching me struggle and being upset all the time. Ive had to give up work to be at home for our son but im missing work as it was my 5 mins of being me just me nobody else yeah i know that sounds selfish but its how i feel. Is this really how its going to be for the rest of our lives?? Ive always tried to see the positive side of the diagnosis but now all i see is the negative and no light at the end of the tunnel sorry to go on i have no where else to turn xx

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  • thank you so much for your kind replies your words have today seem a bit more bearable. Yes there are times when my daughter does wind him up and we discipline her accordlingly there are also times when she is just sat there watching tv not moving or making a sound and my son will go for her ive had to pull him off her so many times ive lost count I dont like it but id rather him hurt me than my daughter we have sat her down and tried to explain to a level that she understands about her older brother and no matter what he has done to her she still says she loves him and will look after him and she tries to give him cuddles even though sometimes hes not always in the mood for cuddles so we tell her to blow him a kiss and throw a cuddle at him which makes both of them laugh. i just cant get the play therapist words out of my head she even said that my son was violent towards me because my husband is!!! she has never met my husband and theres no way on this earth my husband would ever physically hurt me so he was extremley angry when he heard this. i will call the NAS helpline tomorrow as something has gotta give and once again thank you so so much for your kind words x

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  • thank you so much for your kind replies your words have today seem a bit more bearable. Yes there are times when my daughter does wind him up and we discipline her accordlingly there are also times when she is just sat there watching tv not moving or making a sound and my son will go for her ive had to pull him off her so many times ive lost count I dont like it but id rather him hurt me than my daughter we have sat her down and tried to explain to a level that she understands about her older brother and no matter what he has done to her she still says she loves him and will look after him and she tries to give him cuddles even though sometimes hes not always in the mood for cuddles so we tell her to blow him a kiss and throw a cuddle at him which makes both of them laugh. i just cant get the play therapist words out of my head she even said that my son was violent towards me because my husband is!!! she has never met my husband and theres no way on this earth my husband would ever physically hurt me so he was extremley angry when he heard this. i will call the NAS helpline tomorrow as something has gotta give and once again thank you so so much for your kind words x

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