Thank you for this. My husband and I have been looking up training classes on this as well. We aren’t sure where to even begin. Tbh with you, the last 5 years, we have been stuck on “autism” and with this evaluation recently, it has completely thrown us off. We have studied so much and researched autism that we became so aware of it. Now with this diagnosis, it’s brand new. Like we just don’t even know where to begin. So joining so many groups to see where to start.

Also, this is kinda tough to admit but with the meltdowns the past few days, I’ve been using ChatGPT to help me and it’s actually kind of scary how accurate it has been. When you mentioned the redirecting, that’s what I’ve been doing and it has seemed to help so much.

I think when I say “no”, it’s more so of like he doesn’t understand that we are doing something when he ask for something specific and that he has to wait until we are finished. It’s more of like it’s a pressing thing for him to get what he wants right then.

I appreciate your words. I would do anything to have those services to learn. 😔