Adrian and Jade

My son is six, his name is Adrian and he was diagnosed with PDD-NOS in May 2010.
Adrian just went crazy because Comcast On demand got an error message when he tried to watch Team Umi Zoomi. I set it up oh the kids tv and he fought me for fifteen minutes, tried to break our Wii and the tv in our living room because he could not watch it in the living room. Normally he would be at school today but he has the day off. This creates tons of chaos in our home. any break from normal activity sends him into a violent panic. Right now I am debating on whether to buy an ipod touch and a program called proloquo2go. For more information visit: http://www.proloquo2go.com . My husband is sure that our son in a fit of rage would break an ipod touch and I can not say I blame him. He brings for example the numerous keyboard and mouse combos we have had to replace, speakers of every kind, and the fact that he has either knocked down or tried to knock down several items in our house ie. computer monitors, towers and tv's. My fact is that we see a lot less rage episodes than we used to and I think this is light weight and small enough that he may not try to do anything to it at all. We can also buy a heavy duty warranty that will cover many things including drops and spills. I think the program would make it easier for him to communicate his needs. His is verbal, but has a very hard time expressing himself and this is what causes most of  his episodes. I would like opinions from other parents who have had to deal with this type of issue. Thanks in advance for listening.