How to calm down an autistic kid?

clarie949 · Newbie Joined: 20 Jul 2007 Posts: 1

Hello! I was yesterday at the playground with my children. There was an autistic child playing with them. I always encourage my children to play with children with disorders and I teach them to accept them the way they are. But, an unpleasant situation happened. His mother went to the shop for few seconds and I stayed to pay attention to all children. Suddenly, the autistic child got some kind of seizure and I didn’t know what to do. How to calm down an autistic kid?

perrine1365 · Newbie Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 1

Hello! It is difficult to say what can calm an autistic kid. All kids are different (autistic and non autistic) and there is no general recipe. Some calm down when they hear their favorite song, the other when they see their favorite toy, or something like that. I had a friend with an autistic child who developed many tricks that calmed her kid down. She used to carry out bag full of small toys that occupied the boy’s attention each time she took them out.

How to calm down an autistic kid?

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