Comments on: Autism and Destructive Behaviour https://mychildhasautism.co.uk/2019/05/07/autism-and-destructive-behaviour/ Parenting Children on the Autism Spectrum Mon, 17 Jun 2019 10:30:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 By: Blue Parking Badges for Autism - My Child Has Autism https://mychildhasautism.co.uk/2019/05/07/autism-and-destructive-behaviour/#comment-157 Mon, 17 Jun 2019 10:30:05 +0000 https://mychildhasautism.co.uk/?p=103#comment-157 […] Autism and Destructive Behaviour […]

]]> By: Louise https://mychildhasautism.co.uk/2019/05/07/autism-and-destructive-behaviour/#comment-155 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:22:48 +0000 https://mychildhasautism.co.uk/?p=103#comment-155 In reply to Aga Kowalska.

Hi Aga, Glad you enjoy the blog. I think that sometimes when writing or speaking about autism it can be very difficult to find the right terminology as it can be easy to offend people unintentionally. I had a similar experience myself a few years ago when I tried to reach out to an autistic lady online and commend her but she misunderstood my comments and took it badly. I think you are doing really well raising awareness x

]]> By: Aga Kowalska https://mychildhasautism.co.uk/2019/05/07/autism-and-destructive-behaviour/#comment-154 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 13:28:34 +0000 https://mychildhasautism.co.uk/?p=103#comment-154 I really enjoy reading your blog. I am a mum of a child with Autism and also academic/ educationalist/ trainer and a speaker. I have been organising range of Autism talks/ workshops, etc and now in a process of writing up my talk for another coming event on Thursday, in Bristol (https://info.uwe.ac.uk/events/event.aspx?id=24265). Our previous title was a bit different, as aimed to focus on the challenges and to offer a safe platform for the parents to talk: “Learning to love- parenting a child with Autism”. Whilst promoting the event, I have received a response from a number of mothers (mainly autistic mums themselves) who disagreed on a title and on a stressful, anxious and a rather difficult perspective of parenting a child with Autism. As an effect of these, I’ve decided to change the title. However, as a mum myself who struggled to raise my son that resulted in a breakage of my marriage and in emotional distress, I’ve decided to raise this issue again. I would like to your blog as an response to my explanation to a title change. Can I please do it?

Best,

Aga

]]> By: Louise https://mychildhasautism.co.uk/2019/05/07/autism-and-destructive-behaviour/#comment-122 Wed, 08 May 2019 06:46:15 +0000 https://mychildhasautism.co.uk/?p=103#comment-122 In reply to R. Hofmann.

Totally agree. I think that’s a good strategy.

]]> By: R. Hofmann https://mychildhasautism.co.uk/2019/05/07/autism-and-destructive-behaviour/#comment-121 Wed, 08 May 2019 01:40:13 +0000 https://mychildhasautism.co.uk/?p=103#comment-121 We have had our share of broken things. Like you I won’t fix them. We have also made him pay for things he has broken. This shows him there are consequences for behavior. Also I explain very clearly when he’s calmed down that just because he’s calm, doesn’t mean the situation goes back to normal. I then ask him to give me some space. I want him to know that his actions affect others.

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