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sorry if ive spelt it wrong. To cut a long story short, my autistic/adhd son has had many habits over the years. Recently he has been snorting and coughing, so I took him to the doctors. Doctor said he is fine and what he is doing is knows as a tick (apologies if i have spelt it wrong) Is this common with autism as we are worried he may also have tourettes - he is obsessed with bombing, killing, smashing etc etc - all very painful when out in public, for us, him and our 2yr old who now copies him. Any help appreciated.

Im not sure how I ended up here. Totally wrong forum, hopefully I will be moved!

How old is your son?

I don't know about coughing and snorting specifically, but the things that helped me with mine, were:
- Less sugar and caffeine. I dunno how old your son is, but presumably not drinking coffee - but if he drinks a lot of soda, try to cut down on that.
- Try and make sure he's as active as possible. I found my ticks were/are worst when I've spend a lot of time in front of the computer and then I have excess energy that burns itself off.

Any other advice I could give is kind of self-contained, just basically stopping your own body from doing it, physically. But again, this might not help with what you're referring to, though it's worth a shot, maybe.

Thank your for replying. He is only 6 bless him, he is computer game obsessed, totally - It's so hard getting him away from his computer, tantrums etc, but from your post I realise I have to make him have more time outside lettin off steam, many thanks.

No problem.

Without being crazy, does he have a Wii? Because a lot of that console's games are very active because you have to move the controller about. Might kill two birds with one stone.