Hi there. This is my first time posting. My son is J is 8 years old with a diagnosis of ASD, i guess he is probably high functioning. He has a lot of social interaction issues and difficulties making friends that are becoming more obvious as he gets older. One issue (although there are many) that I have no idea how to deal with are his sensory issues. For example - He has a complete intolerance for his little brother singing and whistling. His little brother likes to sing/whistle quite a lot and it absolutely drives J over the edge, he cannot cope with it - it causes a melt down. My question is this though - How do we give him the skills to cope with things like this in the real world? - If someone starts whistling in school he can't behave like this, as he gets older if he has these melt downs in front of his peers he is likely to be picked on (although i hope not, but i know what boys are like) - so - what do you do?! All of his issues seem to be becoming more obvious as he is getting older...i want to give him the skills he needs to be able to cope but i don't know how
