Hello all, my daughter is eight years old. She is high functioning autistic. One
trouble she has is she will either misunderstand social situation’s or become
easily triggered. When these things happen her mind becomes disorganized and she
will have meltdowns. She will not be able to gather her thoughts and ends up
yelling at the other person (usually her older brother) but not in a way that is
not productive to solving the problem… I have talked to her about calm down
techniques, but she is asking if there is ways that people with autism
specifically handle these things. I know how I handle them, but I am coming from
neurotypical perspective and even though I have done a lot of reading on this
topic I feel it would be a good idea to reach out to the community to see if you
all have any advice for her. So what do you all do in a high stress situation
where your brain just wants to yell? What helps sooth and calm, sooth, and
organize thoughts?