In need of special patience…

I am a mother of an autistic 10 year old boy. With the numbers increasing, this is not a surprise that I have an autistic child. However, my son & family are hitting a large wall.

He has been on many different medications and still nothing fits him. Now, I believe he is going through the evil thing called ‘puberty’ and he is a ball of emotions. He is having extreme outbursts. When I say ‘extreme’, I mean off the deep end. One minute he is fine and the next he is using profanity, throwing things, hitting, kicking spitting and threatening everyone around him. He finds it funny to hurt people emotionally and physically. Once he comes off of his ‘extreme’ then he is sad, cries and apologizes.

At school he is fine so the teachers think. He comes home, every day, and tells us of how he has used profanity around the other students and threatened a few of them. I have spoken to his teachers and they see none of this behavior.

The more we try to correct my son’s behavior the worse it becomes. It is hard to see your child struggle with their emotions and not be able to help them. Crying only helps release my own emotions, but does not fix the problem. One day at a time, I suppose….