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Recent content by sunfloral

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    Need help supporting brother in online schooling

    Hi everyone... I'm back again. it is really hard for me to do this, but I need help figuring out how to best support my brother. I am the older sister (20 y/o) of an autistic child (13 y/o). I am living away from home (college student) and am trying my best to support my brother and family...
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    Addressing impulse control, building independence

    Hi, I realized that a lot of the reasons why my brother (12 y/o) has been exhibiting violent tendencies has been because he has trouble not acting on his impulses. He's extremely curious and runs off a lot, many times to places where he shouldn't be (like the staff only area at restaurants...
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    Need help addressing & reducing violent tendencies

    Nothing to be sorry about! Neither of my parents are on the spectrum but they definitely struggle with mental health issues that haven't been addressed. It's just unfortunate that my father has temper issues and doesn't have the patience for my brother. He has lost my brother a couple times. My...
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    Need help addressing & reducing violent tendencies

    I just wanted to say that I've definitely written a ton of stuff on this thread and I really appreciate the support and advice that everyone has offered. And also the fact that people are reading these long walls of text, lol! It has really helped because I don't know any other parents or people...
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    Need help addressing & reducing violent tendencies

    I think that your suggestion about talking around the subject is something I should try to do more often. With the headphone situation in particular, I had a lot of trouble because he just kept telling me he was on the computer at school.. I really don't know what gave him the idea of wrapping...
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    Need help addressing & reducing violent tendencies

    I think the hardest part for my parents is that they are less equipped or I guess patient enough to sit through the times he is upset when he doesn't get what he wants. I noticed that when I left home, the frequency in which these violent behaviors increased, probably because there hasn't been...
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    Need help addressing & reducing violent tendencies

    I'm not really sure what to do because it seems like he isn't very responsive to having conversations about things that he does. I don't think it's because he doesn't want to listen, but maybe because he loses focus or interest in the conversation really easily and also doesn't understand what...
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    Need help addressing & reducing violent tendencies

    Whenever his response is "I don't know," I try different variations of asking him why he did it, whether it be "Any guesses?" or "Why did you do it?" or "What were you thinking about before it happened?" But he gets really frustrated with me for reasons I don't know, it could be because he...
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    Need help addressing & reducing violent tendencies

    Depending on the circumstances, he says 'I don't know', 'I'm mad', 'Don't say that', or he repeats it again.
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    Need help addressing & reducing violent tendencies

    Hi, I am the older sister (19 y/o) of a child with autism (12 y/o boy) and was wondering if I could get some advice on how to best take care of my brother. My parents carry a heavy financial burden and don't have the time to truly pay attention to him/discipline him. I grew up taking a lot of...
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