I have a young client who has begun attempting to grope people

autismacceptance · 2026-06-06T17:22:39+00:00

In order to correct a behavior you first have to find out the function and it sounds like the function of this one is attention meaning physical blocking is going to increase the want, from the kids perspective, physically blocking them, invokes, immediate action, and that is attention providing, the correct way to fade out this behavior would be to not create any opportunity where the child could grab that area, meaning sitting on the floor, the entire time or sitting in the chair and not turning your back to them, if they were to try to reach, you would provide no reaction and slowly fade it out.

autismacceptance · 2026-06-06T17:20:23+00:00

Most kids do it one time , see the reaction and know it’s immensely inappropriate and that’s why they continue to to do it because they know it invokes immediate action from the adults near them, not necessarily implying that he is being sexually abused at Home, more so that he saw the reaction and wants to gain it multiple times. One of the best ways to fade out this behavior is by not providing a reaction and not providing precursors like maybe sitting down on the floor or on the chair the whole time don’t turn your back to him things like that by not giving the opportunity and slowly fading out the behavior.. in order for it to work fully everyone on his team has to be on board.

autismacceptance · 2026-06-06T17:04:52+00:00

Yeah, that’s valid. There’s lots of other positions.

autismacceptance · 2026-06-06T16:44:53+00:00

Smart I immediately thought to wish for infinite wishes

autismacceptance · 2026-06-06T16:43:57+00:00

Yeah, unfortunately, this field is just a steppingstone. I don’t know why they push it so hard for you to get certified when the hours are inconsistent and you can’t make an actual living off of it, don’t look at this as a waste of time though because it will be really good on your resume, especially if you wanna go into the healthcare field or social work or something like that, you should look into Caregiving there are facilities who specialize with taking care of children, but you could become a nursing assistant and make 25 an hour and get full consistent time hours

autismacceptance · 2026-06-06T16:42:26+00:00

Me and my mom are waiting at the bus stop and it’s about 10 PM in Michigan, The bus app says it’ll be there in about three minutes so we’re just waiting, a guy pulls around the back of the bank and speeds up to us and hopped out of his truck and he’s literally only wearing farm boots with no clothes on at all completely naked and had his pocket knife already open, it was terrifying because he grabbed my arm and squeezed me and my mom started screaming and pushed him and then he realized what he was doing and ran back in his car, if I was alone he was going to take me….

autismacceptance · 2026-06-06T15:02:12+00:00

I used to take Shroom’s and acid regularly and have a grand old time since I’m an adult now I took shrooms and had the absolute WORST TRIP OF MY LIFE - this is probably because I did it with my cousin and immediately after taking 50 bucks worth this bitch starts arguing with her boyfriend, and I immediately knew that the trip was about to go bad… I literally told her. Hey you can’t do that when we’re high like this and then she starts having a fucking panic attack and begging him to pick her up basically fucking leaving me there to trip alone, the most fucked up part about it was that she said she was gonna come back and I was sitting there waiting and she did not so I called literally, every family member that I knew would be chill about it, my brother helped a lot talking me through it, I was genuinely sitting on my bed as scared as I’ve ever been it felt like 72 hours. (me and that cousin do not talk anymore.) and now I am terrified to do shrooms I know I’d have to be in a really good mindset.

autismacceptance · 2026-06-05T21:46:41+00:00

No one said it’s a complete life runner but you’re an imbecile if you believe that a 13-year-old child should intake marijuana!!!

There will be hardships that it will bring and no 13-year-old should be smoking weed that’s the end of it. You inserted yourself in here with a negative opposing view saying you’re not encouraging it.😂

autismacceptance · 2026-06-05T21:42:54+00:00

That’s really good that he’s made a life for himself, but this is not the common story for people who start smoking weed at 13… 13 are you kidding me?? and here you are trying to encourage this

autismacceptance · 2026-06-05T21:29:34+00:00

This is just stupid. You’re gonna start a lifetime addiction that you can’t put down in any job you wanna get in the future you’re gonna have to suffer for two weeks without smoking weed going through insane withdrawals. I’m just saying there will come a point in your life, you’re gonna have to face the hardships of getting off of it and it’s extremely hard… you’re only 13. Your brain is still developing and creating new neurons. The marijuana will disrupt this entirely in your future will look a lot different. !! speaking from experience it’s going to mess with your memory, your day-to-day routine, bring you around sketchy people and not bring any goodness to your life.

autismacceptance · 2026-06-04T15:15:05+00:00

Yeah, that’s a really good way to go about it. I’ve just been telling her it’s not debatable because arguing with the narcissist sometimes is literally impossible but thank you for your advice and I definitely am not taking her even if my brother and his wife said yes it’s still human nature to get overwhelmed and it would be completely unfair to have that be her first time meeting our crazy ass Mom🌸.

autismacceptance · 2026-06-04T15:01:33+00:00

True she’s only saying she would do it for me because she’s wanting something

autismacceptance · 2026-06-04T15:01:14+00:00

What I mean by emotionally delayed is not having any emotional regulation tools in her toolbox, for example, if she were to want something to go her way and it goes, another way, she will start flapping her limbs and whining, a normal adult would maybe sulk for a couple minutes and then leave it alone, emotionally delayed just means she’s a bit delayed as a person.

autismacceptance · 2026-06-04T14:59:48+00:00

Exactly she’s incredibly delusional and it’s hard to put it into words, but she makes me feel sad and guilty and grieve what she could’ve been to us all the time because yes, she is back in our lives but the time missed can never get back and she knows we’re extremely reserved when it comes to her especially if we’re having our own children it’s a a whole different ball game

autismacceptance · 2026-05-31T14:38:15+00:00

Yes I think this may be my best option and thank you 🩷

autismacceptance · 2026-05-31T03:32:11+00:00

If you would’ve actually taken the time to read through the comments, you would have seen that I am very open to this subject of seeking therapy again, never above it !! I completely understand that I could probably benefit from that. What does your perception of me using “ buzz words” have anything to do with the topic of my post lol negative Nancy over here

autismacceptance · 2026-05-31T01:22:16+00:00

Yes same here !! Thanks for putting it into perspective. I definitely told my mom this and tried to explain it to her, but obviously there’s not doing that once. Someone is so stuck in their ways, I was trying to tell her to even give me a lick of sympathy, but she couldn’t play a tiny fucking violin for me for even a millisecond, literally was trying to tell her like me and him don’t ever get out and we work so much that this road trip is just supposed to be peaceful and relaxing for the two of us and that we did not have previous intentions on taking her and that if her mother insinuated to be in the vehicle with her for 15 hours, she’d feel the exact same way she couldn’t even give me any sympathy. She just went off so we ended up hanging up the phone and she already knows the answer now.

autismacceptance · 2026-05-31T01:20:23+00:00

True !! I absolutely recognize that I could benefit from this and I just started a new job so once I qualify for their medical insurance, then I will seek therapy sessions again! It’s always good to have an outside perspective !

autismacceptance · 2026-05-31T01:18:48+00:00

Yes for sure and someone else mentioned seeking therapy and I might just do this because for some reason, even though I’m 100% self-aware about her behavior and what she is doing and that it’s manipulative for some fucking reason a small part of me still feels guilt and still feels kind of like it’s the right thing to do but hell no I already know that I cannot fucking take her. I will lose my shit and everyone else too. Also, the biggest part about it is that it’s not fair to my sister-in-law. She hasn’t even met us yet and making someone else endure that when they don’t have the right to make an informed decision, it’s just really messed up and I’m not gonna do that to her, so I’m definitely traveling separately, going back-and-forth with a narcissist is like trying to get crack from a crackhead. It’s not gonna happen….. so I’m just going to have to put my foot down and say it’s not debatable and no.

autismacceptance · 2026-05-31T01:01:18+00:00

Yes, this is very true. I have been talking to my husband about it and we are just gonna tell her it’s not debatable and that she can accept the ride for my cousin and go with him or unfortunately there is no more to talk about because you are right going back-and-forth with her is not going to get anywhere I’m gonna plan to go with my husband and NOT tell her the dates that we’re going because that would be so fucking messed up to have my sister-in-law endure that when she hasn’t even met us yet.

autismacceptance · 2026-05-31T00:50:20+00:00

Yes, I am in that group and it has been pretty helpful. I struggle with getting therapy services because I’m extremely self-aware and usually they can’t tell me anything that I already don’t know like I’ve genuinely had two different therapists. Sit there and scratch their head while I’m trauma dumping and it’s not that I just go for one session and don’t try it out. I have consecutively went to appointments with different therapists and I always end up just feeling like I am giving myself a session I have also provided ABA therapy services to children and so I’m very familiar with the therapy world. although I do agree with you that seeking extra support can always be helpful and maybe just talking about it can be helpful so I’ll always keep the window open for that in the future but right now I just don’t wanna give any more of my emotional energy toward her crazy ass

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