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6 yr old Autistic boy and mastrubation

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ok this is a touchy subject for some and I do not mean to offend but I need advise on this. I know all children 'discover' themselves at an earlier age, I have seen kids as young as 2 yrs old touch themselves and 3 and 4 yr olds masturbate. The thing is our boy is 6 and he goes at it several times a day I have taught him he has to go to his room if he feels the need to do that but I have also went to his room when other kids where visiting and found him on the floor doing this right in front of the other children. I have not been told if this is an issue at school but intend on talking to his teacher about it. I understand all kids do this, I have plenty of experience with kids, it just seems like it is excessive with Adam especially for his age. Until I taught him to go to his room, he would drop to the floor right were he was when the urge hit him. I dont want to teach him that it is 'bad', but I think he needs to maybe slow down on it, I dunno what I am asking, I am just asking to see if anyone else has dealt with this sort of thing with an Autistic child.
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I would get an EXPERTS advice on this.....I know it will happen for all children, but I simply havent a clue how to deal with this....I would guess that this is one of those areas that will HAVE to have consequences. You have (IMHO and I KNOW NOTHING), done well to teach him it is private, but if he is doing it in front of others, it could cause him some serious problems as he grows older.
this just never ends, does it? being a mommy is not for babies...
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My son is eight and he touches himself till he is "hard" I think it is a form of stimming for him. He does have consequences for this as it doesn't matter where he is at while he is at home. He doesn't do it much anymore. With boys, I think unfortunately there needs to be consequences because of there is lack of social appropriateness. That is just what I did. As I said, we do not see this behavior very often anymore.
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My Noah does almost the exact same thing, and I used to really freak out. Now I ignore it, and the frequency of the behavior has lessened.
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