Hi All,
I'm a father of an autistic young man, soon to be 14. He has sensory and learning difficulties, however is accessing secondary education in a specialist school.
His behaviour over the last year or so has become increasingly difficult. It started out with angry outbursts, maybe kicking a door or throwing something when he didn't get his way or tried to avoid a simple instruction such as "make your bed please".
It escalated recently on holiday in a situation in a restaurant where he choked his sister, and tried attacking me at the counter for asking him to apologise.
He is the tallest in the family, nearly a whole foot above his mother and sister and will fly off the handle when asked to do anything he doesn't want to do. We have tried many different approaches but we are at our wits end. It's causing a lot of strain on the family and I'm worried one day he might end up hurting someone during one of his temper fits.
It never used to be like this.
Any shared experiences, guidance, areas to explore, external help...anything at this stage would be useful.
Thanks in advance.
