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Meltdowns are a common feature of the lives of Autistic people. There are vast resources available from books to many good youtube videos. Getting a formal as
by wavegeek 5y ago
Meltdowns are a common feature of the lives of Autistic people.
There are vast resources available from books to many good youtube videos.
Getting a formal assessment is fairly expensive but screening tests are free.
https://novopsych.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Autism-Spectrum-Quotient-AQ-PDF.pdf https://novopsych.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Autism-S...
https://novopsych.com.au/assessments/diagnosis/autism-spectrum-quotient/ https://novopsych.com.au/assessments/diagnosis/autism-spectr...
https://www.aspietests.org/userdetails.php?target=raads/index.php https://www.aspietests.org/userdetails.php?target=raads/inde...
Mostly it is about managing your levels of stress and knowing your limits. And lots of good strategies rather than therapy. One thing I realized is I need a lot more sleep than I had been getting. And I need to ration social 'work' (that's how it feels - hard work).
Autistic people are very prone to trauma - basically they are hyperspensitive to many stiumuli and emotions - so there may be residual trauma to deal with. But there are multiple ways to do that.