Need Advice

Hello I'm new to the forum.

Parents how do you cope? Do you read? Special exercises? I have a teen with autism, since he hit puberty a few years ago he became different. He tells me and his dad he wants new parents, he tells his dad he hates him so he only wants to deal with me....he can be really mean at times. He's depressed and has melt downs that can last hours.

Late last year he lost some social media friendships due to communication issues, being misunderstood, as a result he had some really violent tantrums, we took him to the hospital but they don't have a place for hom because he's autistic. He still cries about the issue, tells us he wants his friends back and asks what he can do to get them back. Says he can't live without them. He doesn't want to do anything else but worry about that and gets mad at us believing we don't care....its really hard as I don't know what to do.

What can I do to keep myself from slipping under while trying to care for him?

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  • Hi Just Lin,

    I'm really sorry to hear about the difficulties you are having with your son. Hopefully others in the community will be along to share their experiences and offer support. In the meantime I wanted to flag up two NAS services: the Autism Helpline and the Parent to Parent service.

    The Autism Helpline's number is 0808 800 4104 and is open 10am-4pm Mondays to Fridays. It's free to call from landlines and most mobiles.

    The Parent to Parent (P2P) service is a UK-wide confidential telephone service providing emotional support to parents and carers of children or adults with autism. The service is provided by trained volunteers who are parents to someone with autism themselves. The number to call is 0808 800 4106. Again the calls are free from landlines and most mobiles.

    You can read about both helplines in more detail by following this link:

    http://www.autism.org.uk/our-services/advice-and-information-services.aspx

    I hope this helps somewhat.

    Take care,
    Adél, NAS moderator 

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  • Hi Just Lin,

    I'm really sorry to hear about the difficulties you are having with your son. Hopefully others in the community will be along to share their experiences and offer support. In the meantime I wanted to flag up two NAS services: the Autism Helpline and the Parent to Parent service.

    The Autism Helpline's number is 0808 800 4104 and is open 10am-4pm Mondays to Fridays. It's free to call from landlines and most mobiles.

    The Parent to Parent (P2P) service is a UK-wide confidential telephone service providing emotional support to parents and carers of children or adults with autism. The service is provided by trained volunteers who are parents to someone with autism themselves. The number to call is 0808 800 4106. Again the calls are free from landlines and most mobiles.

    You can read about both helplines in more detail by following this link:

    http://www.autism.org.uk/our-services/advice-and-information-services.aspx

    I hope this helps somewhat.

    Take care,
    Adél, NAS moderator 

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