Autism Checklist of DOOM
This checklist is for people who aren’t autistic (or whose autistic traits differ from those of their child/charge) to understand what may upset an autistic person, and cause them distress.
This checklist is for people who aren’t autistic (or whose autistic traits differ from those of their child/charge) to understand what may upset an autistic person, and cause them distress.
Adults need to understand that toileting can be the most terrifying experience imaginable for an autistic child whose experience of the world is already turned up to “max.”