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Rebecca Jacobson
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attachment parenting and autism (3rd Oct 06 12:21:04 GMT)

I practiced attachment parenting with my son. Obviously at the time I didn't realise that he had ASD. He slept in our bed until he was almost two and was breastfed as long. I have found that he has always had quite a strong emotional bond with his father and I and this has later transfered to his sister. He shows quite good empathy and compassion for his immediate family too. Even now at 6 he seems to find comfort in cuddling up to me and likes to be held. I was wondering if the parenting style we adopted helped with this. Of course I have no evidence to back this up and I could be really grasping at straws here but I was just interested to know what others think.

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Our eight year old non-verbal ASD son still sleep with us ( eversince he was an infant). I am not sure whether this co-sleeping help him or not. But I do notice that he also find comfort in cuddling and enjoyed being held. Sometimes, at night he cries for no apparent reason (although I suspect it is self-pity because he cannot speak) but he is always cheerful when awake. He has yet to learn to show empathy but do show sadness when his mother is stressed or depressed.


 

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