Not glamorous in the least and maybe a bit disturbing to some but aggression and self injury are a BIG behavior to deal with from some autistic children, including Maeve. What you see here is Maeve's forearm which out of frustration and anger she bit hard enough to cause bruising. She is also prone to biting her knees, biting others, hitting, pinching, shoving, pulling hair, kicking etc due to her inability to communicate her frustration. PECs help to a degree in her ability to communicate her "wants" but do nothing for expressing her "feelings"...I hope someday she will be able to look at me and say in her own words exactly how she is feeling rather then act out aggressively.
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