Let me give an example of when he tell us to shut up or go away
Like earlier today, he was actually doing his school work on his tablet while I was putting a load of washing on, I was about to go check to see if he was ok or need help and he lashes out with punches and kicks, I'm telling it's no once to hit and then he says "shut up!"
Another example would be when me, him and his younger brother are just on the play mat, were so going nursery rhymes together and he sings along too then soon as we finish and I sign to him that we are finished (he has limited speech and communication so will use sign language, he's not deaf by the way, or use pecs) he would just pounce on me and try to lash out at me which most of the time I block then will tell me to "go away!"
I agree with what you are saying, 100% he must be over whelmed by all this lockdown, staying at home stuff, he's very energetic and he only been acting like this since the first week of lockdown, he is high risk so I have to keep him home, but he doesn't understand at all clearly he just wants to go to school and see his friends
Sensory preference is visual by the way, we have pecs that we use with him constantly, I've actually ordered more on Amazon because I didn't have pecs for emotions or behaviour just ones for routine and so on,
Oh I don't have a weighted blanket Actually and I had no idea about them, I'll be purchasing one tonight, just had to google what it was, I do believe he has high anxiety I also don't know why he has that I guess its just apart of him, but I suffer with anxiety myself and I try not to show it to him especially but maybe it's been running off on him alot more now I guess thank you for those suggestions