So stressed out - bruises and school worries

[justamumseekingadvice]

My child has autism and very regularly throws themselves off furniture onto the floor, throws themselves onto the hard floor, hits themselves in the face and throws things up in the air which ultimately then falls back down on top of them. Over the Easter holidays their behaviour has been quite challenging so all of these things have happened quite a lot which has lead to quite a few bruises - including one on the top of their shoulder. I am honestly so stressed out about sending them back on Monday and having to explain all of this I just want to burst into tears… the school knows that they hit themselves because they regularly witness it in school… but I feel like I’m constantly having to explain injuries and I feel sick with fear about social services 24/7.

I just feel so at the end of my tether with it all…

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Sorry I have no advice but I feel this way too. My DS has hurt himself all his life. He always has cuts and bruises that I always have to justify despite them all knowing how he hurts himself on purpose and smashes himself into and off things. The worst was when a doctor drew a diagram of his body marking all his bruises etc and I had to explain when, where and how each one happened. It really upset me as it feels like they are implying i am the cause but i am begging for help all the time because I am scared he will badly injure himself. It still upsets me being made to feel I am allowing it/causing it.
Easter has been dreadful. He has been climbing and throwing himself off everything. His covered in bruises. I always worry what's in his records at school.

Sending hugs as I fully understand how it feels