Hi everyone, my sister is 11 and has been diagnosed with autism. Her behaviour on the whole is quite good, but over the last couple of months she keeps having random outbursts of anger and aggression. This usually consists of her throwing things, hitting, biting and slapping myself and my mom and nothing we have tried seems to make the situation better.
We have tried the distraction method, ignoring the behaviour, walking away, removing phones and iPads and talking to her but absolutely nothing works and she is getting out of control. Her meltdowns are beginning to become more and more frequent (a few times a week) and they last for a few hours. There is never anything specific that triggers them, other than sometimes a certain video on YouTube seems to start her off.
We aren’t quite sure what else we can do to try and help the situation so any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated. We thought it could possibly hormone related as she is nearly 12, but her school haven’t been very supportive at all.
Thanks x