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Children with autism and anxiety go together hand in hand, or hand in glove as my title suggests. If your child is dealing with autism is one of the symptoms of anxiety, plain and simple. They have problems communicating with and understanding the world around them, and this creates anxiety. Children with autism often play (sometimes hard) on what seems like fun events. This stems from the anxiety they feel from the event invading their lives.
Changes in life can be a HUGE source of anxiety in children with autism. It seems like a fun outing to a birthday party could end up in a major meltdown if not done correctly. Lets say for example that you know your child with autism will meet with birthday weekend. Early in the week, you may want to start showing them pictures of parties, cakes, children play games. If you have photos of people who will meet, show them then too. This will help prepare them for what they are going to be doing, so that relieve some of their anxiety, and set them up for success.
If you need to do it will be perceived to be a negative change your child with autism everyday life, here is a way you can go about it. Start just to introduce them to the idea of change. Tell them “tonight instead of homework you can play video games instead, but just tonight.” This will show them that change is not always a bad thing, sometimes it can be good. Next try to change that is really nothing. Maybe have them do their homework at six instead of seven, before dinner instead of after dinner. Changing that is just change. Finally, go to the “negative” changes. Change one of the designated free or play their times chore time. This gradually reduces them to the idea of change, reduce anxiety on the way.
to the overall long-term anxiety sorry medicine is sometimes required. Your doctor will probably recommend children with autism selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). These are drugs like Proozac or Zoloft.
Every child with autism is as different as every other child so there is no one size fits all answer. You know your child best. If you go the medication route, be sure to monitor your child closely for side effects. There are many natural methods that you can try before actually using drugs.
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