HOW CAN I HELP?
This is a question that we often receive from family members who want to help make any holiday successful. Christmas brings its own set of challenges with traditions and environment changes that don’t always work for our individuals with ASD. We wanted to provide you with some concrete tools that will allow you to be a part of solutions for the holidays.
Let’s start with some of the struggles:
Kids with Autism like: | Christmas brings: |
Structure | ↓ structure and lots of “free time” |
Routine | Special events, change in bed time routine, meal routine, school routine, etc. |
Specific sensory stimulation | Lots of lights, music, smells, different food, sounds, crowds |
Logical and literal thinking | Trees that are inside, lights that are on houses, metaphors, traditions |
Familiarity | Visiting distant relatives and friends, strangers in malls, carolers at the door, Santa, etc. |
Now some of the solutions:
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