Help! screen addict

[emsylou]

My ds who is eleven and has hf asd comes home from school in a taxi at 3.50pm and then spends an hour on the nintendo wii. He does not want to converse about his day,. sometimes i get snippets of his day, although the provision he is in is fantastic and they give me lots of feedback. He seems only content when a screen is involved. I limit it and try to engage him in alternative activities with me but he is difficult to engage and control then and behaviour becomes difficult, quite manic!! Does any body else experience these difficulties? For an easy life I could let him play on games and watch tv until his eyes bleed, but that i cant allow as he has a big brain in there and i dont want it being underused. My daughter comes out of school talks intently about her day, wants to help cook dinner and play etc. I struggle with the contrast. Anybody experience similar?

he probably needs some screen time to wind down after the social/sensory bombardment of school. If it's just an hour I would be inclined to accept that.

yes i suppose the hour is okay, and i do sometimes forget how much of an effort school is for him. he only has a short break for food and homework before tv or laptop goes on. he is happy though and that isa good, for a long time he was really unhappy. Im just being silly i think. thanx total chaos

my ds is glued to screen its his way of winding down he is 3.7 and ASD on a bad day its computer games and tv all day but he also absorbs so much information that way i dont try to stop him as i clearly dont know whats going on in his mind but his happy and when his ready he'll come to me and on good days doesnt go near a screen

always when he has sensory overload though he feels the need for games or video or dvd

My nt 11 year old doess samething all wants to do is relax on computer not th emum intergation lol his words notmine

thanx for responses, we had a very late diagnosis and i am still learning. as we are all the time i know. have been on some of those help nas courses which have been good. do your dcs also take hand held games e.g nintendo ds out and play them when you visit friends and family etc. i have got to the point now where i dont leave the house without it as it helps in times of stress.

emsylou my nt boys 11 nd 14 tke theres out as well its like hmm okmum might want to ntater but if we got to come least have something to do

thanx phoenix, appreciated your feedback alot.

my ds always has to have something i have games on my phone and he if all becomes to much will zone out and play the games on my phone i think there brains need to block off from all the chat around them as it all can get too much especially when too many people are talking its hard for them to follow so probably all goes so fast in there brains they need to do something to slow it down ,

also when they don't know how to socialize appropriately easier to do something they do know how to do my ds is very computer literate he is 3.7 but can work a pc better than some adults his mind is just this way inclined and he seems to need this release and other things are not stimulating enough for him as his mind is always so active