12 year old asperger erections

my son has started having as he says his private part is straigHT  I have gotten about 5 calls and brought in to conference iN school about his hand on his lower body   dOCTORS SOLUTION WAS TO INCREASE HIS PAXIL   iS paxil going to help   my son even tho have explained still sees no other recourse than to put his hand their  

[Jason C Bourret, Ph.D., BCBA-D]

A side effect of Paxil is decreased sexual interest or trouble with sexual functioning, so this may be the direction that your doctor is going with this medication.  Masturbation and increased sexual interest are very common at your son’s age, so what you are experiencing is not atypical.  I don’t know your son, but I get the impression that he is quite high functioning if he is able to speak with you about this.  I wouldn’t be surprised if it would be possible to solve this problem without the use of medication.  For individuals with autism-spectrum diagnoses who are less sensitive to social contingencies, public masturbation is not an uncommon problem and these individuals can often be taught where and when it is and is not appropriate to masturbate.  I recommend that you contact a behavior analyst who has experience developing programs designed to do this (http://www.bacb.com/).  These interventions might involve your son earning a particular reward each day (or perhaps each hour) that he does not touch himself in school.  This might be combined with teaching him an appropriate place for masturbation (e.g., the bathroom at home) and what places are inappropriate (e.g., in public, at school, etc…).  Interventions of this sort can be quite effective in the absence of medication but, again, I recommend that you meet with a behavior analyst and discuss interventions that would work for you and your family.