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The Autism Discussion Page on Stress, Anxiety, Shutdowns and Meltdowns: Proactive Strategies for Minimizing Sensory, Social and Emotional Overload

By Bill Nason

Book information

Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Year
2019
ISBN
9781784508340, 9781785928048
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
6 MB (6286615 bytes)
Pages
\0
Time added
2023-01-09 08:38:38
Family & Relationships; Nonfiction; FAM012000; FAM

Description

Anxiety, meltdowns and emotional regulation can be hugely challenging for autistic people. This book is full of proactive strategies for understanding, accepting and respecting the processing differences in autism. It contains tools for reducing sensory, social and mental drain, and offers strategies to protect from ongoing stress and anxiety. These help minimize shutdowns and burnout, while maximizing self-esteem, autistic identity and mental health. Learn strategies for matching environmental demands to the person's processing needs, how to support vulnerabilities, and how to prevent and manage meltdowns while protecting the identify and self-esteem of the individual with autism.

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