Hello, my name is Shaun and I've just joined. After being with the same partner for 19yrs (married for 16 yrs) we are now separated and I'm the primary carer of our two daughters including an 11yr old with Aspergers. We have been separated for 3 months now and it is a surprising journey for me. Having a normal daughter going into puberty would be hard enough, let alone our special one. What scares me most is some of her actions, she has high anxiety and is not dealing with it in a health manner. Tics and habits and habits become compulsions. My poor girl will pull out hair to eat the follicles, so has two horrible bald stops forming on top. Then there is the chewing on her fingers to make them bleed because she likes the taste of the blood, or cutting herself with nailclippers for the same effect. Has anyone had to deal with issues with this? This Wednesday I have an appointment with her pediatrician.