
Avoiding Anxiety in Autistic Children
A Guide for Autistic Wellbeing
Luke Beardon
$10.99
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Description
One of the biggest challenges for the parent of any autistic
child is how best to support and guide them through the situations in life
which might cause them greater stress, anxiety and worry than if they were
neurotypical.
Dr Luke Beardon has put together an optimistic, upbeat and readable guide that
will be essential reading for any parent to an autistic child, whether they are
of preschool age or teenagers. Emphasising that autism is not behaviour, but at
the same time acknowledging that there are risks of increased anxiety specific
to autism, this practical book gives insight into the nature of the anxiety
experienced by autistic people, as well as covering every likely situation in
which your child might feel anxious or worried. It will help you to prepare
your child for school, to monitor their anxiety around school, and also to be
informed about the educational choices available to your child. It will give
you support to help make breaktimes less stressful for them and how to help
them navigate things like eating at school and out of the house.
Educationally, this book will take you and your child right up to the point of
taking exams and leaving school; socially and emotionally it will cover all the
challenges from bullying, friendships, relationships, puberty and sex
education. It will give suggestions for alternatives in the scenarios that
might cause anxiety or confusion in your child; it will also give a full
understanding of your child's sensory responses and such behaviours as masking,
or echopraxia.
As the parent of an autistic child, you may find their path to adulthood
different to the one you had expected to take, but as this book makes clear,
autism should be celebrated and affirmed. Avoiding Anxiety in Autistic
Children helps you to do just that, with practical strategies that
will help happiness, not anxiety, remain the over-riding emotion that colours
your child's memories of their early years.
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