Hello, my 63-year-old brother, diagnosed with Autism and ID has considerable emotional difficulties when asked to wait. For example, sitting in a doctor's office waiting for the doctor to open the door for his appointment. Another example is after spending Christmas with me and my family, it was time to leave to drive him back to his group home and a zoom call came through from a relative. Both times he moaned, complained, spoke increasingly louder and with an increasingly angry tone, asked why he had to wait and when we moved to the next room during the zoom call, he opened the door and fell to his knees into the floor, dramatically.
The moment he gets his way and is escorted out, he is happy and calm.
This behavior is very hard on those around him and many unsuccessful attempts have been made to handle it. Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Is my brother just bullying in order to get his way?
Thanks so much for any help.
The moment he gets his way and is escorted out, he is happy and calm.
This behavior is very hard on those around him and many unsuccessful attempts have been made to handle it. Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Is my brother just bullying in order to get his way?
Thanks so much for any help.