Hello.
My son is 5 and autistic. I feel I'm at my wit's end. He's
in mainstream school, but the past few weeks especially have been bad ones. Kicking, spitting, throwing things, even
urinating on the floor. Nothing's changed at home, his
routine hasn't been distrupted.
He's been taking Eye-Q, but I can't see as they've made
any difference. Don't get me wrong, his does have good
days, but mostly, I feel so down about his autism. He has
very low attention span and I feel like I'm failing him as
all I seem to do is be mad at him.
His father and I separated just over a year ago. Our son
and and I were basically turfed out of the family home for
him to move his new girlfriend in. I live back with my
parents, this may be adding to my stress.
I just can't seem to see any light. It's hard trying to
get through to my son and he doesn't seem to grasp the
concept of rewards for good behaviour. In social situations, he cannot tolerate other children and very often kicks or pushes which, of course, puts me at the brunt end of parents' anger. All I can do is apologise and tell them he's autistic and this always leaves me feeling desperately sad.
Considering all this, I think my little boy is
happy. Life just seems to be a great
struggle.
I'm sorry to moan, but do any of you other parents of
autistic children feel, or have ever felt this way? If so,
how do you come out of it?
I hope to hear from someone soon.
Thanks for listening.