Everyday life can present additional challenges for children withย autism.ย Activities such as sleeping, eating and toileting can be approached in different ways to ease the stress of performingย them.ย Here are someย resources put together by our clinicians to provide a starting point for these everyday activities.
โIt Can Get Betterโ by Paul Dickinson and Liz Hannah gives practical advice to parents of children to help with several problem behaviours, including temper tantrums, toileting problems, sleep, feeding, self-help skills and learning to play, coping with obsessional and repetitive behaviour.
โHow to Live with Autism and Asperger Syndrome: Practical Strategies for Parents and Professionalsโ by Chris Williams and Barry Wright.
โFifteen Things They Forgot to Tell You About Autism: The Stuff That Transformed My Life as an Autism Parentโ by Debby Elley may contain some helpful insight for his/her family.
โAutistic Logistics: A Parentโs Guide to Tackling Bedtime, Toilet Training, Tantrums, Hitting, and Other Everyday Challengesโ by Kate Wilde may contain some ideas that you may find helpful in supporting your childโ.
Sesame Street has created a character that has autism. The programme has produced information and videos to support this development that his family or people working with him may find useful: http://autism.sesamestreet.org/
Helping to manage everyday activities and routines can be challenging for children withย autism, so knowing how to tackle them canย help create peace of mind for you both.
If you would like to seek further advice, please speak to one of our clinicians.