Children with autism can display aggression

Many children with autism can exhibit aggression. This aggression can be unexpected outbursts of biting, scratching, kicking, hitting, or destroying property – sadly, it is relatively common with children on the spectrum. It usually stems from a stressful situation, like sensory overload, frustration over communication due to lack of communication skills, unknown environments or a
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Self-stimulatory behaviour (stimming)

Does your child engage in repetitive or unusual body movements or noises? This is called “Stimming” Everyone has some elements of stimming, like – chewing on a pen while you are thinking, tapping your toes while you are going to sleep, and cracking knuckles. There are many things we all do, which could be referred
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