The Autism Discussion Page on Stress, Anxiety, Shutdowns and Meltdowns

Anxiety, meltdowns, and emotional regulation can be hugely challenging for autistic people. This book is full of proactive strategies for understanding, accepting, and respecting the processing differences in autism. It contains tools for reducing sensory, social, and mental drains, and offers strategies to protect from ongoing stress and anxiety. This help minimizes shutdowns and burnout while maximizing self-esteem, autistic identity, and mental health. Learn strategies for matching environmental demands to the person's processing needs, how to support vulnerabilities, and how to prevent and manage meltdowns while protecting the identity and self-esteem of the individual with autism.