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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh man. This type of behavior was one of the signs my child’s developmental pediatrician mentioned during the diagnosis at age 4!

Your daughter needs an OT (occupational therapist) yesterday.

She’s doing this because her body feels disregulated and yelling won’t help. It’s like telling someone not to scratch an itch. An OT will help find socially acceptable ways to address this. Often it’s making sure she can hang on things at home like monkey bars or a swing; maybe it’s a weighted blanket or weighted stuffed animal. These are just examples, an OT will work with your daughter to find accommodations that work for HER. [/quote]

She is 13 not 4. She can learn rules about when to touch other people. [/quote]

Of course she can. That’s why I recommended an OT that will help her accommodations that work specifically for HER. The examples I gave were things that worked for my younger child—I thought that was obvious.

Off the top of my head, if it had been me at Costco, I would have asked her to carry our 20 pound bag of rice during the shopping trip.

I also would have talked to her long before 13 about appropriate and inappropriate touching in public.

Pretending that these issues don’t exist is how OP got to age 13 with a kid doing things that could have been addressed in kindergarten.

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