Autistic children’s emotional regulation is impacted by differences in neurological wiring, sensory processing (including introspective processing), and social understanding.

Building social supports for autistic children within their communities outside of school can also have positive impacts across many areas. For example, community organizations offer programming ...

A pilot intervention teaching autistic children to use inner speech showed significant improvement in emotional dysregulation, particularly on the Dysphoria scale (F=5.49, p=0.008).

More information: Micheal Sandbank et al, Determining Associations Between Intervention Amount and Outcomes for Young Autistic Children, JAMA Pediatrics (2024). DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024. ...

The education of autistic children and young people in western societies has been heavily influenced by a medicalised understanding of autism. This means considering autism as a disorder, with a ...