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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Can autistic kids get depressed? how do you treat this?

StephEv

Post subject: Can autistic kids get depressed? how do you treat this?

Posted: 01 Aug 2009, 8:44 pm

Replies: 7
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My 10 yr old son is very lethargic & zoned-out all summer, ever since school let out. Just sits there for hours sometimes, staring into space, sometimes will let you interrupt his deep thought, sometimes not. Even when summer school, a new one, started & now ended, his behavior continued. al...

Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: How to teach son to bath himself

StephEv

Post subject: How to teach son to bath himself

Posted: 11 Jun 2009, 7:45 am

Replies: 11
Views: 3,365

Hello out there! Any ideas on how to teach my 10-yr-old autistic son to bath himself? I've thought of visuals, but it seems like it would be this massive thing with 100 or so icons on it, not very practical, to wash & rinse each body part. Me just telling him & demonstrating for him is not w...

Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: son won't sleep--need help ASAP

StephEv

Post subject: son won't sleep

Posted: 05 May 2008, 12:46 pm

Replies: 16
Views: 2,065

Thanks again, everyone! He does love music & certain kids' videos, maybe I'll play them lowly in the background 'til he falls asleep. (I'm not staying up all night rewinding & replaying them.). He's just starting to read, although he does enjoy vacuum & hairdryer manuals when we get new ...

Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: son won't sleep--need help ASAP

StephEv

Post subject: son not sleeping replies

Posted: 05 May 2008, 10:10 am

Replies: 16
Views: 2,065

Thanks to those who answered. No, he's not on meds--just insulin, for diabetes. He will not go in a shower, does not drink warm drinks, although a weighted blanket sounds like a good idea, except during summer (fairly soon here) when it's too warm for that. He ran around 1/2-day yesterday at the par...

Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: son won't sleep--need help ASAP

StephEv

Post subject: son won't sleep--need help ASAP

Posted: 05 May 2008, 8:27 am

Replies: 16
Views: 2,065

Any good ideas out there for over-the-counter sleep aides? Our son is 9, autistic & diabetic, refusing to sleep the past 6 weeks or so til about 2 a.m. & has to wake up at 6:30 a.m.! Don't know how he's functioning--I'm certainly not. We've used Melatonin, occasionally & sporadically, ov...

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