![]() I have seen first-hand the effect anxiety can have, and the challenge it can present, for example when trying to engage with learning and in social interactions. The focus reads primarily as though the differences in emotions stem from the difficulties with social interaction/communication.įor a number of years now I have worked with children and young people in a specialist school for those with an autism diagnosis. The diagnostic criterion refers to a ‘deficit in social-emotional reciprocity’, for example ‘reduced sharing’ of emotions. ![]() ![]() Anxiety is commonly reported by autistic people, many describing a constant feeling of flight or fight as their body responds to their struggles to identify what is safe. This observation is often used as a causal hypothesis to explain the increased chance of a mental health difficulty. Adults on the spectrum of describe life in a NT world using words such as lonely, challenging and stressful. We know autism is diagnosed when difficulties lie across two areas, namely social communication/interaction and restricted/repetitive behaviours (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). “…70.8% of children had at least one current psychiatric disorder…”Ī higher prevalence of mental health difficulties for autistic people has been demonstrated, we need to ask ourselves why. Cibralic et al (2019) conducted a systematic literature review around emotional regulation (ER) and autism, highlighting clear differences to NT development. Increasingly research is highlighting the differences between autistic and neurotypical (NT) emotional development.
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