two views on hitting/aggression

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Hi,I asked my 16 yr asperger or high function autism{undecided

opinions} son about hitting things. He has never hit a person except

for himself. In his words he said " I punch a hole in the wall to see

something bad or worse then bad " I asked him what bad was. He said

its like " when something looks worse or really bad " . This is clearly

a visual perception of bad. He really did not make mental sense of

what bad is or means,he has to make sense of it visually. He had no

words to describe bad except by looking at something broken. He is

some what confused about the meaning of bad in relation to hitting

things until they are broke.

My 10yr son with low function autism began hitting people after what

his twin describes about her brothers experience as " he never hit

kids or anyone back,kids would just keep hitting him. One day he hit

back and he kept on hitting them. " He has been hitting now for almost

a year,people and things. He only uses the word mad in relation to

hitting. He screams,yells at us to get away,stay away or seems like

he doesnt know who we are. He really looses awareness of the whole

hitting event the who or what and sometimes goes wild in his anger

and hits himself.

Has anyone ever asked their child about hitting? What is their

response?

Thanks,

Tishanne