Guest guest Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 How old is your son? Pat K Meds and Puberty My son's self talk and inattentiveness has increased. got note from teacher today. I was fortunate to have someone make a weighted blanket for me that is adult size. I used it last night and self talk and vocal stimming subsided. He's going through hormone changes because I see increased growth of hair on his face and his shoe size has changed. Need to talk to neurodevelopmental pediatrician--correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 I haven't been posting much on this site, so sorry for " barging in " . I do check in occasionally and this caught my eye. My son is turning 12 in February and started puberty when he was 10 (his emotional meltdowns increased and he started asking questions about some physical changes). We moved last year and this whole year he's been " stretched " in many ways. He seems to be growing in some ways and regressing in others. His autistic symptoms have increased, he has a hard time in the friend department. Since he hit puberty he's been saying his sister makes him " feel weird " . For a long time I wasn't thinking that it was because she's very impulsive and " touchy feely " , which my husband and I can tolerate, but it drives my son nuts. Now I'm wondering if this is also connected with normal boy/girl feelings that he just can't even fathom and would be mortified if I even began trying to talk to him about it. Him and his sister are into playing a game where one touches the other on the shoulder or back (she's 10 by the way) and the other one gets revenge by getting them back. They have to be the last one to touch the other or it becomes a huge fight. I realize that we've moved into new territory with my son and my husband isn't home enough and really is at a loss to deal with this, we both definitely need more information on what to expect and how to help him get through this. His body is changing but in many ways developmentally he's still a little boy. Does anyone have a resource that deals with with this. It would be great to get input from others who have older HFA kids. Sorry if I hijacked this thread, I'm not really sure if this is considered a highjack, if so, feel free to change the subject line. Thanks! Jane > > How old is your son? Pat K > > > > > Meds and Puberty > > > > > My son's self talk and inattentiveness has increased. got note from > teacher today. I was fortunate to have someone make a weighted blanket > for me that is adult size. I used it last night and self talk and vocal > stimming subsided. He's going through hormone changes because I see > increased growth of hair on his face and his shoe size has changed. > Need to talk to neurodevelopmental pediatrician--correct? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Chantal Sicile-Kira, a great author and autism mom, has a book called "Autism Life Skills" In her chapter on Safety, she addresses the topic of private v. public and appropriate behaviors in sensitive situations, but it doesn't give scripts or any kind of curriculum. If you do ABA, be aware that some of the scripts that may have been taught as appropriate would be completely inappropriate in, say, a dressing room setting, or the gym locker room. You can probably find some books on this topic, but I don't know any. Hope someone else can help more. From: Jane C <chesshir@...>Subject: Re: Meds and Pubertyautism Date: Friday, January 21, 2011, 6:51 AM I haven't been posting much on this site, so sorry for "barging in". I do check in occasionally and this caught my eye. My son is turning 12 in February and started puberty when he was 10 (his emotional meltdowns increased and he started asking questions about some physical changes). We moved last year and this whole year he's been "stretched" in many ways. He seems to be growing in some ways and regressing in others. His autistic symptoms have increased, he has a hard time in the friend department. Since he hit puberty he's been saying his sister makes him "feel weird". For a long time I wasn't thinking that it was because she's very impulsive and "touchy feely", which my husband and I can tolerate, but it drives my son nuts. Now I'm wondering if this is also connected with normal boy/girl feelings that he just can't even fathom and would be mortified if I even began trying to talk to him about it. Him and his sister are into playing a game where one touches the other on the shoulder or back (she's 10 by the way) and the other one gets revenge by getting them back. They have to be the last one to touch the other or it becomes a huge fight. I realize that we've moved into new territory with my son and my husband isn't home enough and really is at a loss to deal with this, we both definitely need more information on what to expect and how to help him get through this. His body is changing but in many ways developmentally he's still a little boy. Does anyone have a resource that deals with with this. It would be great to get input from others who have older HFA kids. Sorry if I hijacked this thread, I'm not really sure if this is considered a highjack, if so, feel free to change the subject line. Thanks! Jane > > How old is your son? Pat K > > > > > Meds and Puberty > > > > > My son's self talk and inattentiveness has increased. got note from > teacher today. I was fortunate to have someone make a weighted blanket > for me that is adult size. I used it last night and self talk and vocal > stimming subsided. He's going through hormone changes because I see > increased growth of hair on his face and his shoe size has changed. > Need to talk to neurodevelopmental pediatrician--correct? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 I am also interested in this subject. My son will also be 12 in Feb. But so far we see no signs of puberty yet. But I would love a heads up on any issues. Interestingly, my BF son , who is neurotypical, has started the puberty changes and she sees some regression in his behavior, more emotional and more quick to get man, sad or frustrated. So I think some of it is just normal boy hormonal changes which for our ASD kids can magnify certain behaviors or autistic tendencies. Sent from the KFree iPhoneOn Jan 21, 2011, at 7:51 AM, "Jane C" <chesshir@...> wrote: I haven't been posting much on this site, so sorry for "barging in". I do check in occasionally and this caught my eye. My son is turning 12 in February and started puberty when he was 10 (his emotional meltdowns increased and he started asking questions about some physical changes). We moved last year and this whole year he's been "stretched" in many ways. He seems to be growing in some ways and regressing in others. His autistic symptoms have increased, he has a hard time in the friend department. Since he hit puberty he's been saying his sister makes him "feel weird". For a long time I wasn't thinking that it was because she's very impulsive and "touchy feely", which my husband and I can tolerate, but it drives my son nuts. Now I'm wondering if this is also connected with normal boy/girl feelings that he just can't even fathom and would be mortified if I even began trying to talk to him about it. Him and his sister are into playing a game where one touches the other on the shoulder or back (she's 10 by the way) and the other one gets revenge by getting them back. They have to be the last one to touch the other or it becomes a huge fight. I realize that we've moved into new territory with my son and my husband isn't home enough and really is at a loss to deal with this, we both definitely need more information on what to expect and how to help him get through this. His body is changing but in many ways developmentally he's still a little boy. Does anyone have a resource that deals with with this. It would be great to get input from others who have older HFA kids. Sorry if I hijacked this thread, I'm not really sure if this is considered a highjack, if so, feel free to change the subject line. Thanks! Jane > > How old is your son? Pat K > > > > > Meds and Puberty > > > > > My son's self talk and inattentiveness has increased. got note from > teacher today. I was fortunate to have someone make a weighted blanket > for me that is adult size. I used it last night and self talk and vocal > stimming subsided. He's going through hormone changes because I see > increased growth of hair on his face and his shoe size has changed. > Need to talk to neurodevelopmental pediatrician--correct? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 My son is in preschool, so no firsthand experience. But I have a relative who had to medicate her son because of aggressive behavior during puberty. I have heard from a couple of moms that developmentally based interventions (they felt) mitigated the roller coaster of behavior common during puberty. Which makes sense, if a person is developmentally 5 years old, then adding hormones would result in more undesirable behavior than it would if they were developmentally 10 years old. But that is just opinion, no firsthand experience. Sent from my iPhoneOn Jan 21, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Freeman <bkfree@...> wrote: I am also interested in this subject. My son will also be 12 in Feb. But so far we see no signs of puberty yet. But I would love a heads up on any issues. Interestingly, my BF son , who is neurotypical, has started the puberty changes and she sees some regression in his behavior, more emotional and more quick to get man, sad or frustrated. So I think some of it is just normal boy hormonal changes which for our ASD kids can magnify certain behaviors or autistic tendencies. Sent from the KFree iPhoneOn Jan 21, 2011, at 7:51 AM, "Jane C" <chesshir@...> wrote: I haven't been posting much on this site, so sorry for "barging in". I do check in occasionally and this caught my eye. My son is turning 12 in February and started puberty when he was 10 (his emotional meltdowns increased and he started asking questions about some physical changes). We moved last year and this whole year he's been "stretched" in many ways. He seems to be growing in some ways and regressing in others. His autistic symptoms have increased, he has a hard time in the friend department. Since he hit puberty he's been saying his sister makes him "feel weird". For a long time I wasn't thinking that it was because she's very impulsive and "touchy feely", which my husband and I can tolerate, but it drives my son nuts. Now I'm wondering if this is also connected with normal boy/girl feelings that he just can't even fathom and would be mortified if I even began trying to talk to him about it. Him and his sister are into playing a game where one touches the other on the shoulder or back (she's 10 by the way) and the other one gets revenge by getting them back. They have to be the last one to touch the other or it becomes a huge fight. I realize that we've moved into new territory with my son and my husband isn't home enough and really is at a loss to deal with this, we both definitely need more information on what to expect and how to help him get through this. His body is changing but in many ways developmentally he's still a little boy. Does anyone have a resource that deals with with this. It would be great to get input from others who have older HFA kids. Sorry if I hijacked this thread, I'm not really sure if this is considered a highjack, if so, feel free to change the subject line. Thanks! Jane > > How old is your son? Pat K > > > > > Meds and Puberty > > > > > My son's self talk and inattentiveness has increased. got note from > teacher today. I was fortunate to have someone make a weighted blanket > for me that is adult size. I used it last night and self talk and vocal > stimming subsided. He's going through hormone changes because I see > increased growth of hair on his face and his shoe size has changed. > Need to talk to neurodevelopmental pediatrician--correct? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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