ou are standing in the middle of a supermarket, your child is screaming, throwing themselves on the floor, and you have no idea what to do next. People are turning to look. In that moment you feel everything at once. Shame, fear, helplessness and a quiet anger at yourself for not handling it better. I know exactly what that looks like. In this article I explain what is really happening in the brain of an autistic child during a meltdown, why most of the usual reactions do not help and what actually works in that moment.

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