
Autism / Autism Spectrum Support Group
Autism is classified as a neurodevelopmental disorder which manifests itself in markedly abnormal social interaction, communication ability, patterns of interests, and patterns of behavior. Although the specific etiology of autism is unknown, many researchers suspect that autism results from genetically mediated vulnerabilities to environmental triggers.

Mantanona
My son is 5 years old and High Functioning ASD. He's currently in Mainstream Kindergarden and is doing pretty well. However, recently he's been having a problem with agresive behavior.It seems he chooses one person and then focuses all his agressiveness on that individual. At home it's his father, he jumps all over him, kicks and bites his dad. To my son it seems like he's just playing, he laughs about it and continues on even after his dad tells him to stop. At school, he's now chosen a little girl to pick on. The parents are now begining to complain and I dont know what to do. He's currently on Resperidal for his behavior issues, but the dosage is sooo small just 0.2ml a day. I'm worried that if he doesnt stop being so aggressive with his classmates that he'll be expelled. Has anyone gone though this? What should I do?
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I work with special needs kiddos as well so I have a string background of info for you.
This one type of your son "playing" with dad,..
Is he playing? Or he is seeking the reaction Dad gives him? Or is he seeking some pressure?
You can find out by watching him and asking him. He might not understand "pressure" But you can have him do some things that may help.
Stacking large phone books. Lifting them carring them a few feet and stacking them.
Pushing something heavy w. your help a box maybe?
The risperdol will help the behavior call his doc and see if you can get an increase. It has always been one of my warnings that steven needs an increase because of the aggressive behavior.
Do you give him a time out when he is aggressive?
It has to be something he doesnt like all that much, and alot of praise when he has a calm safe body,
Get on this now, stick to your plan and hoping the school is trained appropriatly..
You may want to let his doctor give a thorough check
to make sure there is nothing else wrong with him, if he's anything like my daughter he's not going to fess up to an earache or tummy problems...they may need to recalibrate his meds or even change his meds...
haven't had this problem with my daughter autism at least not yet....good luck!