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I can't get my 7 year old son to leave the house

Rachael50

Would love some advice on the following. I am a single mum of a u a yr old boy with autism.  At the start of the school year he was doing lots of clubs and I was working part time.   Then after Easter his Teaching Assistant went off sick.  He didn't bond well with the temporary replacement.  He became aggressive towards a child who wouldn't play with him .  He slowly dropped out of all his weekend and after school clubs and now refuses to leave the house.  I'm being driven insane  because I have to sit indoors all day every day now that the holiday has started.   My son is on the computer all day and seems quite happy to do that.   I can't carry on like this though.  If I force him to go outside he will be very aggressive towards me and will refuse to move.  What should I do?

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  • Hi, we are just going through the process of having our 13 yr old son diagnosed with possible autism/ aspergers (as well as depression) after a family bereavement - this is a whole new learning curve for us. He has refused to go to school for 5 weeks before the summer hols and is currently on screens more or less all day and almost never goes out apart from to a church youth group where he has two friends (he doesn't go if they are not there) We are walking on egg shells to avoid aggressive and destructive meltdowns and to keep stress levels down- but this means he is more or less doing what he likes. I have no idea how we will get him back into school in September. We have only just had our fist appointment with CAMHs and husband is not convinced - but now I can see the traits have always been there - fussy eating, routines etc we just thought they were all separate issues - but I can now see how they are all connected. Any advice much appreciated. We have a long waiting list for talking therapy and proper diagnosis/support.

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  • Hi, we are just going through the process of having our 13 yr old son diagnosed with possible autism/ aspergers (as well as depression) after a family bereavement - this is a whole new learning curve for us. He has refused to go to school for 5 weeks before the summer hols and is currently on screens more or less all day and almost never goes out apart from to a church youth group where he has two friends (he doesn't go if they are not there) We are walking on egg shells to avoid aggressive and destructive meltdowns and to keep stress levels down- but this means he is more or less doing what he likes. I have no idea how we will get him back into school in September. We have only just had our fist appointment with CAMHs and husband is not convinced - but now I can see the traits have always been there - fussy eating, routines etc we just thought they were all separate issues - but I can now see how they are all connected. Any advice much appreciated. We have a long waiting list for talking therapy and proper diagnosis/support.

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