Kids with autism exhibit more frequent aggression

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At least half of all autistic children experience some form of aggression, such as hitting, kicking or name-calling, while their parents are tasked with helping them cope and integrate socially. Yet the prevalence and characterization of aggressive behaviors across autistic development are poorly understood.

To address this knowledge gap, researchers in the Family and Community Intervention Lab at the University of Arkansas compared autistic children to non-autistic children on different types of aggressive behaviors over three critical developmental periods and found that parents of autistic children reported more frequent aggression at greater intensities than non-autistic children.

"Aggression represents a pervasive and serious problem faced by autistic youths and their families," said Lauren Quetsch, assistant professor of psychology and lead author of "Understanding aggression in autism across childhood: Comparisons with a non-autistic sample."

Just What Exactly Do You Expect from someone who is stressed to max All The Damn Time?

↑ This, for the win!

I was once punished for beating the snot out of a bully who had been physically and verbally harassing me for weeks.

Then one day, I just 'exploded'.

No one seemed to remember all the times I had reported him, but only the one time I had left him bleeding on the sidewalk.  It must be an unwritten law that bullying victims must never fight back.