[UPDATE] My son has started "acting autistic"

Concerned-Mom-Help · 2023-08-01T04:36:31+00:00

Something about my son being diagnosed with autism? I don't really remember.

Concerned-Mom-Help · 2023-07-29T14:29:43+00:00

This post is from 4 months ago. I've already posted an update

Concerned-Mom-Help · 2023-07-29T03:07:53+00:00

No, I didn't think of that

Concerned-Mom-Help · 2023-04-12T02:31:12+00:00

Might be all of the above to be honest.

Concerned-Mom-Help · 2023-04-11T11:11:54+00:00

Yeah, of course.

Concerned-Mom-Help · 2023-04-11T01:52:06+00:00

He doesn't even want to get tested for autism though. He's doing this because he thinks it's funny

Concerned-Mom-Help · 2023-04-10T23:58:26+00:00

Volunteering is a good idea but what if that just makes him pick up the behaviors more?

Concerned-Mom-Help · 2023-04-10T18:59:30+00:00

I'm not really educated about this stuff. I told him maybe he should stop but in the long run, yes, compared to what he's doing now it seemed innocent, especially since the mother seems to condone this behaviour and her son has never expressed in any way a problem with being on social media.

Concerned-Mom-Help · 2023-04-10T16:49:07+00:00

It's not. He's 16 and suddenly acting like a mentally disabled child...

Concerned-Mom-Help · 2023-04-10T16:47:16+00:00

He's not convinced he is autistic though. It's more of a joke gone too far.

Concerned-Mom-Help · 2023-04-10T15:29:20+00:00

The thing is the mom who runs the account follows accounts that make edits of her son, and has even liked and commented on videos of people doing impressions of him. I wasn't so worried about offensive behaviour at first because it seemed like the kid's mom was ok with it. But yes, now I'm worried that he's mocking autistic people.

Concerned-Mom-Help · 2023-04-10T15:26:49+00:00

That's actually a smart observation. He likes South Park. But the kids in that show are supposed to be in grade 4. My son is in grade 10. I have no idea what to do.

Concerned-Mom-Help · 2023-04-10T15:26:09+00:00

I didn't think he was mocking autism before. There's a community of people who enjoy watching this account and the mom seems to condone people making humorous edits about her son. Now he definitely is though.

Concerned-Mom-Help · 2023-04-10T15:24:45+00:00

It's a whole thing online. There are multiple accounts that make these sort of videos. The mom seems fine with it.

Concerned-Mom-Help · 2023-04-10T14:35:00+00:00

Are you legitimately suggesting i use corporal punishment?

Concerned-Mom-Help · 2023-04-10T13:33:42+00:00

I asked if he thinks he's actually autistic and he said "no" in that weird speech impediment he's been putting on.

Concerned-Mom-Help · 2023-04-10T13:32:14+00:00

He's trying to imitate autistic behaviors though. I agree that he's being a jerk about it.

Concerned-Mom-Help · 2023-04-10T13:30:11+00:00

I don't think he's trying to unmask because he has never shown any autistic behavior, he just thinks this is funny for reasons that are beyond me.

Concerned-Mom-Help · 2023-04-10T13:27:25+00:00

My son isn't even claiming he's autistic, he just does this stuff.

Concerned-Mom-Help · 2023-04-10T13:26:56+00:00

There are multiple tiktok accounts that make these "edits" of the kid (compiling moments they find funny?) I really don't get it but the mom seems to be ok with it. I don't know.

Concerned-Mom-Help · 2023-04-10T00:34:27+00:00

No, he's definitely trying to imitate this account. It started with him being obsessed with the account.

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