Guest guest Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 Hello Everyone, I have an non-verbal autistic son who just turned 13 in May. For the most part, my son is usually happy and cooperative (at home and at school); however for the last two months he has had more " meltdowns " than I can ever remember. He gets upset more easily and he sometimes has two a day - which just wears me out! Especially since he's getting stronger and heavier. It seems that most of his meltdowns occur in " familiar " places such as home, school or at the store but as we all know, once they get upset - it's like a torando in that you can only ride it out. I've been keeping a log on the behaviors and will make a note when I know what I think triggers them, but they usually occur when he can't wait for a desired item or something that he thinks or wants to happen does not occur. When he has them at home, he completely undresses himself, pulls his hair, yells and kicks his chins with the bottom of his heels - sometimes I wonder what the neighbors think (but luckily most of them know we have a son with a disability). Anyways, with the sudden change in his behavior, does anyone think it could be caused by " hormones " /Puberty " ?? He does have seizures (mostly at night) and he sees a neurologist regularly for them, so I'm just not sure what is going on.....He also has a behaviorist at school that I will be bringing this up with at his IEP meeting. It makes me not want to take him anywhere for fear of it happening in public! Thanks for reading my post.... Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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