pinching, yelling, fighting discipline- help! / was Re: Hi, new here

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Thanks for the welcome, everyone. I think I ended up posting

another intro, too, because this one didn't come through for a week or

more. Odd. LOL!

Anyway, school starts in 2.5 weeks and I'm NERVOUS! We'll walk Max to

school each morning (love living close by!) and walk home each

afternoon. I hope he does well in school. I'll have to talk to his

teacher & the principal about evaluation. We'll see what happens. He's

a good boy, but I'll tell ya, the interaction w/ friends who don't

know we're in the process of eval hasn't been easy. I tend to just

blurt it out so that they know and won't hold his behavior against

him. I know some of our acquaintances htink he's a brat and I'm

looney, but that's why they're acquaintances and not friends!

Currently we're dealing w/ a boy who likes to surprise us, but he does

so by YELLING in our ears or pinching our legs! Any help n that? I

can't figur eout how to make him stop!

Also, when he fights discipline (time out) he FIGHTS w/ kicking and

punching and I get hurt. What do I do? Everything I read says to

continue teaching them as you would an NT kid. Don't let unacceptable

behavior go, in other words. But HOW do I make him quit hitting and

kicking me? It's not EVERY time, but it's definitely often neough that

I get worn out form it and any onlookers who might be nearby htink

he's a brat or somehting. If he's not avoiding eye contact or staring

into space or focused on a train then he isn't autistic. You know?

I wish there was a Public service Announcement about Autism.

A voice over says: The many faces of autism aren't what you think.

And then show a variety of people with autism doing whatever it is

they do. Some who avoid eye contact and some who " look normal " and

everything in between.

You can't tell if someone has autism and I'm sick of my son being

misunderstood and my family getting weird looks about it.

Cafepress has a tshirt that reads: I'm not spoiled or a brat or rude.

I have autism.

They also carry one that reads: I have autism. What's your excuse?

Maybe I'll buy both. I want to scream at everyone about it, " STOP

JUDGING!!!!! "

Ok, I'm all crying now. It's been a rough couple of weeks.

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> Welcome, ...this is a wonderful place for information and

> encouragement---in my opinion ;-) Looking forward to getting to

know you and your family

> better...

> Blessings,

> Gail

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