helping poorly child with ASD

[belcantavinissima]

ds2 has HFA and is poorly today- school called for me to pick him up. he is in complete denial about being ill. i really have no idea whats wrong with him apart from he is quite hot. whenever i ask him what hurts he just makes his graning noise and avoids eye contact. he refuses medicine, going to bed, refuses to have a bowl in the room etc etc. anyone else have this trouble? what do you do?

oh god yes.
For some reason DS2 can't articulate his pain and actually gets upset if we talk about it.
I just watch him like a hawk. Give him water to drink and don't offer food unless he asks. i watch his urine output and for any signs of sickness and i just trust my instinct re thinks like his body posture etc.

It is hideous and top of my list of things I would change if god/life/the universe wasn't suo flippin mean

glad i'm not alone with that then! i cannot cope with things like sickness anyway so it stresses me out no end. he is not a good patient. i think he might be asleep now. dont want to go near him really as will only get groaned at lol

Yes it is difficult. Hope your ds is better soon whatever the trouble is.
Ds could not walk because he had severe pain in his tummy - didn't stop him trying though and he collasped each time (horrible to witness)! He cannot show where it hurts either - or tell what is wrong. The first time he was sent home from school he screamed the place down (change of routine)and wanted to go back. We always treat a fever (he had some very long convulsions that may have been febrile) so he has got used to temperature monitoring and medicine now. I tend to just stick him on the sofa with a cuddly blanket and a dvd on, and watch him discreetly!

he is still in denial yet not moving from the sofa., he refuses to take his uniform off so is prob baking. cannot take his temp but he is red. he's a silly bugger sometimes. we have all been banished from the room. he gets cross if i ask him if he is ok.

Open all the windows quick while he isn't moving about.
have you any ice lollies to help cool him down? would he get in a coolish bath?
My DS's are actually not well today . Didn't know with DS2 until I found where he had been sick
hope he feels better !

sadly i live in an ancient cottage where the windows to the lounge and his bedroom are painted shut.

sorry to hear about your ds- that must have been an unpleasant surprise discovery!

your dc's are gorgeuos btw! just had a little nosey on your profile