minus-squaretennoskoom@dormi.zonetoAutism@lemmy.world•High functioning autistic eight year-old daughter asking for your guys advice.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI didn’t know I had autism until my 30s but… Maybe have her slowly learn to practice mindfulness? I picked up some aspects of it around that age while doing martial arts. https://www.mindful.org/mindfulness-for-kids/ If she can learn to realize she is about to have a meltdown she can hopefully have a less intense experience with it. Think of that as turning down the volume before a commercial break interrupts a movie with way louder sound. linkfedilink
I didn’t know I had autism until my 30s but…
Maybe have her slowly learn to practice mindfulness? I picked up some aspects of it around that age while doing martial arts. https://www.mindful.org/mindfulness-for-kids/
If she can learn to realize she is about to have a meltdown she can hopefully have a less intense experience with it. Think of that as turning down the volume before a commercial break interrupts a movie with way louder sound.