What Your Autistic Child Wants You to Know: And How You Can Help Them

"There are so many things I wish I could have told my parents when I was a child, but back then I did not have the words."
It can be challenging understanding what your autistic child wants and needs, at times it can feel like a struggle to ask the right questions and find the right words.

Written by autistic psychologist and advocate, Maja Toudal, in collaboration with other autistic voices, this candid book explores a range of common situational and social challenges an autistic young person may face and gives lived-experience advice on how to resolve them. Maja offers insights on everything from making mealtimes work for your child, to handling bullying and peer pressure, both at school and on social media, providing an insider's guide into the child's emotional life.

With relatable and engaging advice on what your child needs and why, alongside chapters focusing on how to approach puberty, providing coping mechanisms for meltdowns, and offering insight into making safe spaces, this is the essential guide to parenting autistic young people.

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What Your Autistic Child Wants You to Know: And How You Can Help Them

"There are so many things I wish I could have told my parents when I was a child, but back then I did not have the words."
It can be challenging understanding what your autistic child wants and needs, at times it can feel like a struggle to ask the right questions and find the right words.

Written by autistic psychologist and advocate, Maja Toudal, in collaboration with other autistic voices, this candid book explores a range of common situational and social challenges an autistic young person may face and gives lived-experience advice on how to resolve them. Maja offers insights on everything from making mealtimes work for your child, to handling bullying and peer pressure, both at school and on social media, providing an insider's guide into the child's emotional life.

With relatable and engaging advice on what your child needs and why, alongside chapters focusing on how to approach puberty, providing coping mechanisms for meltdowns, and offering insight into making safe spaces, this is the essential guide to parenting autistic young people.

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What Your Autistic Child Wants You to Know: And How You Can Help Them

What Your Autistic Child Wants You to Know: And How You Can Help Them

by Maja Toudal
What Your Autistic Child Wants You to Know: And How You Can Help Them

What Your Autistic Child Wants You to Know: And How You Can Help Them

by Maja Toudal

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"There are so many things I wish I could have told my parents when I was a child, but back then I did not have the words."
It can be challenging understanding what your autistic child wants and needs, at times it can feel like a struggle to ask the right questions and find the right words.

Written by autistic psychologist and advocate, Maja Toudal, in collaboration with other autistic voices, this candid book explores a range of common situational and social challenges an autistic young person may face and gives lived-experience advice on how to resolve them. Maja offers insights on everything from making mealtimes work for your child, to handling bullying and peer pressure, both at school and on social media, providing an insider's guide into the child's emotional life.

With relatable and engaging advice on what your child needs and why, alongside chapters focusing on how to approach puberty, providing coping mechanisms for meltdowns, and offering insight into making safe spaces, this is the essential guide to parenting autistic young people.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781787757738
Publisher: Kingsley, Jessica Publishers
Publication date: 07/21/2022
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 240
File size: 894 KB

About the Author

Maja Toudal is an autistic author, speaker, online self-advocate, autism consultant and psychologist. She has written for Autism Denmark and lives in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Table of Contents

Foreword Tony Attwood 9

Acknowledgments 10

Introduction 12

Part I Explaining the Basics 20

Section 1 Getting Started

You 22

Autism 24

Section 2 A-Z of Key Issues

Amygdala and Emotions 28

Cognitive Abilities 30

Co-Morbidity 33

Empathy and Sympathy 35

How to Give Advice 38

Language 40

Loss of Skills 44

Neurodiversity 46

Profiles 48

Sensory Sensitivities 52

Social "Languages" 55

Stimming 57

Terminology and Autism 60

Theory of Mind and Social Reasoning 63

Part II What We Want You to Know About 66

Section 1 Home Life

Food and Dinnertime 68

Clothes, Shoes and Shopping 80

Lists, Schedules and Reminders 85

Chores 90

Discipline 95

Pocket Money 101

Homework 107

Section 2 Relationships

Siblings 114

Friends 119

Guests 129

Bullying and Peer Pressure 136

Social Media 146

Section 3 Spaces and Events

My Room 152

Public Places 159

Vacations 167

School and Class 172

School Parties and Birthdays 177

Section 4 Interests

Hobbies and Extracurricular Activities 182

Special Interests 187

Toys, Games and Play 193

Animals 201

Section 5 Identity

Self-Identity 206

Aging, Growing Up and Puberty 210

Gender and Sexual Identity 214

Meltdowns and Shutdowns 221

Harmful Strategies and Risky Behavior 227

What Helps in the Big Picture? 231

References 237

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