Rage like I've never seen before.
My autistic granson went into a rage this afternoon. Barney and I were supposed to watch him for a couple hours tonight. Jared always loves coming to our house and even when his anxiety level is high, he always calms right down when he walks through the front door. He's 15 years old now and over the last couple of years he's experienced a level of rage off and on. It usually follows a period of higher anxiety, but today my daughter said that he was in a good mood all day. As they were coming through the front door he suddenly turned, looked really angry, screamed and pushed his mother back out the door. Then he put his hands around her neck. Barney was able to get Jared off of her and bring him back in the house and to the back room, where Jared eventually calmed down. My daughter has red scratches and fingerprints on both sides of her neck, but she's ok. I have never seen him get to that level of "anger" before, although my daughter told me that it has happened a few times at home. It's hard to say what is bringing it on, maybe just hormones(?), we can't think of anything that has changed in his life or environment. I'm used to a happy boy who loves being kissed and hugged so it was a shock to see him act like that. Would sure appreciate prayers for my grandson and daughter and SIL.