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autistic teen
autisticdad
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I am a single dad of a 14 year autistic son. He doesn't want to go no where unless he feels fit. Doesn't socialize. He would rather play on the PC and use his IPad to talk to friends on the discord app. He sleeps late in day and stays up all night. Eats when he wants. I have a social worker and CPS involved with him. He had truency last year missing school. Noe has to repeat 8th grade. I spend most of time worrying on him. I do volunteer work and looking for employment. What can I do to help him? He does see a therapist as well. Any help would be welcomed.
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Hello and welcome to the forum. I am sorry to hear that you are having difficulties with your son and his school attendance. You can only do your best, it is not you or your sons fault.
While other people on the forum may be able offer you more advice when they see this, if you haven't already been in contact with The National Autistic Society, they have a page covering difficulties with school attendance for autistic people. The link is below:
https://www.autism.org.uk/about/in-education/exclusion/school-refusal-strategies.aspx
Their opening times and contact details are:
Monday to Thursday 10am-4pm and Friday 9am-3pm
020 7833 2299
[email protected]
I hope this helps.
Anthony
Perhaps ask to see a nutritionist? Also @M_Anthony provided you with good advice above. Does he has a social worker or not? I would also ask for respite care. For this you require a social worker. Contact them tomorrow first thing for advice and support.
https://carers.org/article/getting-work
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https://www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/understanding-autism/independence/making-friends
How are you today? If you have not done so already, get in contact with NAS.
Can I please clarify if you are in the US, or the UK?
Scope is a UK charity as are many of the members, so much of the advice given is UK based. I ask because it is extremely unusual for UK schools to hold a child back for a year, as it is for UK parents to refer to which grade their children are in. Also while CPS in the UK means Crown Prosecution Services in the US it means Child Protection Services, which would not surprise me if your son has lost a lot of schooling.
If you are US based I know there used to be some great autism forums which were more US based and could try and find a couple for you. Plus the support advice may change depending what state you are in.
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