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Continuous running water for bathtub – severe autistic adult

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Re: Continuous running water for bathtub – severe autistic adult

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>I too have a severe autistic adult child...

>Behavioral comments not needed please. This is mechanical inquiry only.

That's not how that works. If you didn't want to invite behavioral discussion, then you wouldn't have mentioned the behavioral issue. If you wanted purely plumbing answers, then you would have asked a purely plumbing question and left the autism bit out.

>Quick question - what's a good way to unclog a sink drain? Also I'm trans btw, not sure if that matters. Also, no trans comments please, just plumbing, thanks.

How silly and childish is that? Like, if you don't want to discuss it, then don't mention it.

I have no solutions for you, but I'm curious: when it comes to autistic people, what alternatives exist to appeasement? Running water sounds relatively benign, where water is cheap, and especially if you can rig up a fountain, granted if electricity is also cheap. I'm sure there's some not-so-benign fixations that would be preferably eliminated rather than appeased. How is that dealt with? Is it possible to eliminate the fixation?

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