1. When you go to the store, they shriek for no reason at all or have violent outbursts that you may have to rush out of the store with your child and not complete your grocery shopping.
2. They poop on their pants even when older.
3. They smear their feces on the walls.
4. They rock back and forth.
5. They are very sensitive to noise and could scream or cover their ears.
6. The biggest one is MELTDOWN. You know the pilot that had a meltdown on that plane in the news. It is worse than that. It could be violent. You have to hold the child down.
7. When you are out in the streets, you have to have the child connected to you or the child will just run off the streets without looking and get run over by the car.
8. They talk to themselves and many of them are mute and just grunt.
9. You won't get any sleep at night because they can scream out of the blue.
10. Some of them have seizures, so you have to deal with that also.
12. They can be violent and aggressive
13. When you are out, you may need to cover his head so he does not see stuff that causes a violent outburst.
14. Sometimes, they spin in circles all day.
15. They avoid eye contact, and say the same things repeatedly or they repeat what you say.
16. They have trouble with change. For example, if you take a different route when driving because the roads are close, they will have a tantrum in the car.
17. You have to advocate for them so they get appropriat
18. You need to hire a shadow aide for them at school if the school does not provide one.
19. If the educationa
20. You need to watch their diet.
It is a 24/7 hour care. You will need respite which the government may or may not provide.
If you are ready for the above or if you are ready to adopt a child with autism, that would be great.
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