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12yr old son recently diagnosed with autism

Nabila

Hi my 12 yr old son was diagnosed back in September with autism ...the main thing he has is urges to say something or repeat words continually through the day he also has ticks such as making a funny face with a double chin he used to click his fingers etc will come to myself and sister and just say unusual words and repeat sayings hes heard of the movies gaming etc...it is draining but I need advice on how to deal with this ? I need to be more patient with him i know that ....he doesn't do this in school or with other family members much too ..its only worse at home ? Do anyones children do this and how do you deal with this thankyou.

  • Hi Nabila,

    My Daughter doesn't do what you describe (I think it's called echolalia with the repeated phrases) but she does have other behaviours that like you I often find I'm telling myself to be more patient with her. So don't beat yourself up about that it is a learning curve that we're both at the beginning of (My daughter is recently diagnosed).

    I have experience working with autistic children who repeat phrases and I have always found that when they're doing it they're really quite zoned out if that makes sense. almost like a daydream. What I mean by this is it may not be a conscious thing that he is doing and so if you react to it or ask him to stop it could be quite futile as he is unlikely to be able to.  You say he doesn't do it at school but that could be the case of masking socially 'unacceptable' behaviour in front of peers and then once he is in the comfort and safety of his own family unit he is able to be himself.  My daughter has some sensory seeking behaviours and although they look unusual I do not ever bring it to her attention as I know its important to her to be able to do them without feeling self-conscious.

    One other thing, you could maybe try distraction/ redirection when he is doing these things so as to draw his attention to something else, this might be enough to stop it at times but like I said before it's probably best you do allow him to do it to some degree.