3 yo autistic son with agressive behaviors and compulsive actions, Please help!

July 1, 2008

We are new to this board and are looking for any type of help. We

have a 3 yo autistic son who is high functioning. He attends summer

school presently and during the school year he attends full time 9-3.

He has greatly benefited from school and loves it. His teachers say

he is a delight to have in class and shows no aggressive behavior but

does test them at times. But is seems that when he is at home, he

tends to want to look at the ceiling fans going room to room, when

outside he is facinated with opening the car doors and playing with

the buttons. That is pretty much all he wants to do. He doesn't play

with any toys by himself, only if we initiate it and play with him.

If we try to take him out of the car or move him away from his

compulsivity or try to do something he doesn't want to do, he will

begin to hit us, pinch us or kick us. There was a time recently that

he grabbed my face and dug his nails into it. I eventually got him to

let go and put him in timeout. I let him sit for about 3 minutes.

During those three minutes, he would say, " I'm sorry Daddy " I feel so

bad because I think he doesn't know what he is doing. After time out

I sat next to him and showed him my scratched and bleeding face and

told him that he hurt daddy and that daddy was sad and that he can't

hurt daddy anymore. It seemed to almost stun him that he hurt me by

seeing the scratches on my face. Since then, he hasn't hit or

scratched me. But he is still doing it to my wife. I am sorry this

is so long, but the professionals don't see the aggresiveness and they

can't beleive it. He only does this to us. Will this pass? Is there

any homeopathic remedy I can give him to calm him? Is this a

combination of his age and autism? Please help. We feel alone and

lost. Thanks

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