autism

I don't know if it's the same thing but.. I had an adult family home and one of the gentlemen that lived with me was autistic and a genius. He was basically non verbal 90% of the time. He would give short answers ie yes, no, etc. On rare occaisions he would actually hold up his end of the conversation. There were times when for months he would be getting out and actually talkiing and going to school etc. He had many "breakdowns". Anyway he would sometimes just let loose with what we referred to as "The Primal Scream" he would just scream and scream and then stop. As if nothing happened. He would be in his own mind so asking him about it did no good. I noticed that sometimes he had asked for ativan just before this happened. One day when he seemed fairly verbal, I asked if he knew why he screamed. He said "I am anxious and over pushed" He then paced around the kitchen for an hour and didn't speak again for 3 days. My point now after I got all wrapped up in this was could it be anxiety ?

hi there kimber!.. there are so many of us affected by autism nowadays, although that doesnt make it any less unsettling for us parents almost even moreso.. my son Andy is 9 and is autistic.. screaming for him used to seem like one of his "normal" bodily functions... the only thing i could ever do is try to hold him to comfort him (although this did commonly result in bruises to my body, from his thrashing) i would just try to overpower him and rock him and say "im here" "im here" and "moms gonna help Andy" over and over again.. he doesnt seem to scream anymore for no reason, but his typical day to day IS filled with odd "grunting" noises.. so its almost turned into "yelling" instead.. i still cant really stop him completely when he gets going,, only try to determine through trial and error what it is that hes trying to get through to me.. sometimes it might be that he cant find a video game or something is "lost" other times he may have a stomach ache.. but i dont always get to know..it always makes us feel better as parent when we are able to soothe out childrens discomfort,..with autistic kids we unfortunately have no other choice but to come to terms withthe fact that were just not going to be able to sometimes.. its easier at home than in public.. imsorry i dont have a "one liner" with advice to help you.. beleive me i wish i did for both of our sakes.. the best i can do is tell you that the more communication skills he learns over time, the less frustrated he will hopefully be in the future.

My personal opinion is that hormonal theories are gaining in recognition and seem to account for many of the symptoms of autism: my favourite is Simon Baron-Cohen's theory of 'the extreme male brain',in which higher than normal levels of testosterone in the uterous (prenatally) make a person display autism. I would seriously recommend his book 'Men, women,and the extreme male brain' (2003): it is really really accessible and very interesting- it relates autism to normal functioning

My brother have a child with autism,they treat this like a normal child,they spend money for the therapy,the child also go to school,they maintain the normal caring,right now he can operate his own TV,Radio,and most of the time he like to play card's.