Autism

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Johnny Blaze Aug 2023 10:41am, 14 Aug 2023 30,772 posts	0 Johnny Blaze Ours are getting harder. Sam is quite controlling when he's home. No music No radio No singing TV only allowed at certain times. Some channels not at all. Dragging my wife out of bed at 6 am every day Many many repetitive routines which slowly drive you up the twist!
Stander Aug 2023 11:11am, 14 Aug 2023 136 posts	0 Stander So Wednesday, our son was shouting and screaming at the wife, including screaming in her face and calling her a c**t at the top of this voice. He got a slap around the face for that apparently. And it would have been deserved. But when speaking to your social workers about your son's anger issues (he sees one each week who is supposedly helping him with this), I'd advise that you don't tell them that last bit. Two of them at our house this morning doing a safeguarding visit. Because it's easier to tick off a box that isn't needed rather that actually sort out the actual fucking issue.
Stander Aug 2023 11:12am, 14 Aug 2023 137 posts	0 Stander (They came, they did, they went. No further action)
Hanneke Aug 2023 7:16pm, 14 Aug 2023 108,530 posts	0 Hanneke Nightmare Stander! On the one hand you want them to know how bad it can be on the other hand that may back fire. So difficult!
Ness Aug 2023 7:40pm, 14 Aug 2023 33,403 posts	0 Ness So frustrating. I really think it's so sad that social services teams are given an unrealistically high workload. Whenever I attended EHCP review meetings to deliver the education aspect of the review, I often found the medics or social workers didn't have time to attend. It was supposed to be multidisciplinary but often ended up being a meeting of me and the parents. During my teaching career in Special Ed I soon realised that no-one should make any judgement of the parents. I took young people on a number of residential trips and that gave me a very tiny taste of what it might be like to care for their loved ones. Unbelievably tough!
jelly Aug 2023 9:37pm, 14 Aug 2023 5,508 posts	0 jelly My eldest son had me up against a wall with a knife at my throat while a social worker stood there and did nothing! He’s 19 now and a different boy in lots of ways. If he had been a violent partner people would have told me to leave him but it’s a different story when it’s your own child!
jelly Sep 2023 2:43pm, 1 Sep 2023 5,581 posts	0 jelly I’m having a bad day mental health wise. I know it will pass but everything seems so negative and miserable and I just don’t see the point of it all!
mr d Sep 2023 6:15pm, 1 Sep 2023 6,268 posts	0 mr d Sorry to hear that jelly
DocM Sep 2023 6:52pm, 1 Sep 2023 48,124 posts	0 DocM I hope it passes quickly Jelly. I'm glad you have checked in with us.
halfpint Sep 2023 6:55pm, 1 Sep 2023 39,976 posts	0 halfpint Sorry to hear it’s been a bad day jelly.