Need advice for child
 

I am a care giver for a 12 year old with Down syndrome. I pick her up from school and we do homework, play outside, make little shopping lists and take her to run errands. Nothing ground breaking, but we have a good time. Recently, she’s become obsessed with the weather. To the point where she can’t do things she used to enjoy because she won’t stop obsessing over whether it’s going to rain. Her whole family has tried to talk to her about it and nothing seems to help. It’s been over a month and it just seems to be getting worse.

She’s asking constantly if it’s going to rain. She doesn’t accept the answers we give her, even if the answer is no it’s not, which is what she wants hear. It’s even worse when it is raining because she begs for us to make it stop. When she was younger the sound of the rain bothered her and we would just sort of distract her until it passed. Now it’s just the thought of rain that sets her off. She even goes outside just to look at the sky and check for clouds.

Has anyone else ever had this problem or have any ideas on how I can help her?