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Candy I agree with Nelle school helped my son alot. He had to learn to be around other kids and was not able to be agressive to them. His sisters also used to take alot of his aggression. They are so thankful he goes to school now.My son has also calmed down some as he has gotten older, I can tell you since he was three things have gotten better. Hang in there.

                                     Nita

Thanks for the suggestions, ds talks but it's still hard to make out what he is saying half the time, he will play with his sister when she engages him in play, but if it's me or dh he pulls back into his own world. He was going to school in Febuary through May, where we live now doesnt have a summer program, I think if they did he would be much better. He will be starting school on the 22nd, so I'm hoping he will do better. I just worry about his aggression, this has just started to be a problem with him, before he was really quiet and very sweet and calm. I can say that this dx is stressful and very frustrating, but I will continue to fight I'm new to the Autism dx, my ds was diagnosed in Febuary and seems to want to stay in his own little world more often than not. I heard that this can happen but recently if you try to engage him in any activity or just to talk to him he will get physically aggressive with you or anyone that is near him. He will push you away or go hurt the poor animals or his sister, I guess I'm confused and annoyed by the way he reacts, he wants to just jump on the couch and talk to himself, I dont understand what he is saying but I know he's talking to himself, I feel like bad and I turn off the TV or take him into his room to try to get him focused, but that doesnt seem to be working either. I guess I was wondering if anyone is experiencing this or has experienced it? Any suggestions would also help

My son Takoda is HFA and I have a hard time getting him to leave the house. He loves the computer and would sit there all day. I have to lock my computer cabinet up so he will move to eat or any other activity.

He doesn't like to play with others but with 3 brothers he can't escape the attention. He also slaps them alot because he prefers to be alone.

What I found that helped us alot is school. Does your son attend preschool or headstart program yet? I was scared to send Takoda because of his lack of socail skills but it was the best thing for him. The school is very stutured and he goes for a full day. He also receives OT and ST there.

It has done wonders.

You said your son talks to himself can he communicate with others also? I'm asking because my son could talk when he went to school but now he has come so far. He knows how to answer questions and even ask his own. This is with only one year. My son started at 3 1/2 he's now 4 1/2.

Nelle

 Connor was liked that for a very long time, school helped a bunch but I also fought like hell to get him to interact. I only allow him periodic breaks, our kids thrive with structured activities so everyday we'd do certain activities at certain times I see it as a fight with the devil himself to get Connor out of his world and back into ours. I'm proud to say that it has worked, we see progress everyday and he is now developing proper social skills for his level, we are not there yet but I can see it coming. My advise is to fight, get him involved, and to never give up.
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