Hi - My daughter has some rather complex problems,
But I wish to ask some advice regarding head-banging and punching. My daughter hits her head alot, about 40% of the day. But sometimes she can take it to extreme levels, and punch herself in the head repetitively and very hard, on occasions she has given herself concussions and had to go to hospital. Is this an "autistic trait" ? and does anyone have any advice on how i can prevent her doing this - when she's doing it, I tell her to stop but she doesn't listen or respond to me when I talk to her, her eyes look glazed and no life in there, so I just leave the room - but she carries on. What can I do to help her? Its rather distressing to watch.
