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I wanted to make this video because I don't talk about children on the
spectrum all that much, but I decided this was a cool opportunity and a cool
chance for me to talk to you about.
Three strategies, um, about helping people with an autism spectrum
condition who act children are moms and dads of people on the spectrum.
So here we go guys, without further ado, we're going to
get into it right now, guys.
The first one I'm talking about here is multiple plans.
Now that autistic person will have issues with change in their plans.
Right?
And this is key.
So when you have.
Um, multiple areas of, of potential meltdowns, right?
We all don't know what those are and we all know autistic people love routine.
So if you've got a routine and you're sticking to your routine, but suddenly
happens in that routine, like, you know, you're going to go out to get
ice cream, then you're going to come back and watch star Wars or something.
But on your way to get ice cream, something happens.
Flat tire on the car, or I don't know if something happens right then that
routine is knocked and the person on the spectrum will feel it almost like a pain.
It's kind of like you're stopping them in their tracks.
And it's like, ah, you know, it's difficult.
So I create fail safe.
Now this is basically creating to the plans as backup plan.
So, and you can do this with, with the child as well.
So you make this, the plan is that we're going to go out and get ice
cream, come back with star Wars.
But if something happens.
We're going to have a different plan, like we're, you know, so I
don't know whatever it is that you know, that you can do within your
capacity, make two of the backup plans.
Cause basically when this one fails, You have two others, boom, just like that
you saving the day, you're rocking it.
Mum and dad come out like superheroes rocking it.
And I salute you guys for doing an excellent job.
Okay.
So too, this is positive aftermath, right?
So if there is a change happening that causes a child on the
autism spectrum, uh, to have.
Some issues, right.
As soon as that change happens, um, and they start to panic, introduce something
that is hyper positive to them, right?
So this could be, say they have a topic of special interest and
they're like looking at penguins.
Then if something happens and he start freaking out, get your phone
out, show him pictures of penguins and start talking about penguins
and their topic of interest.
It could be a game.
It could be like Pokemon.
It could be anything right.
But what you're doing is that you're replacing all this negative charge
with positive influx and that that exchange will start training the
brain to kind of realize that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
It's not going to be, uh, you know, devastating.
Yes.
It's difficult to deal with on the communication aspect of it.
It's very hard to understand at a moment in time, but in, in relation to life,
you're going to get over it because something positive can come out of it.
And you being the carers and the caregivers, you're going to be able
to understand that and help them out.
This is super key.
Guys, you do this and you, you just nailing it guys.
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Right?
The last one here, number three is change the situation.
So if change is happening in the current plan, switch to something completely
different and explain the difference.
So you control the difference.
Let me put this way.
If you are going to go somewhere and you're, you're in the store with your
kid, and then something happens in that store, in that environment and
your child on the spectrum starts kind of like, um, getting really panicked,
worked up and about to meltdown.
Then quickly pick them up.
Run outside, go into the car and turn your kind of, um, AC on your,
your, your actual climate control.
So you can control the climate.
You can control the noise because you're inside your car it's quiet.
So you can control how much light or how much light you don't want.
And then explain the situation and say, Hey.
It's okay.
We'll come to the car to calm down, to relax, to just chill for a minute, because
that situation was very difficult and we had some issues that didn't we, but
now we're in this situation and control it, own it because when you control
the difference, you begin to show that.
There is power in retracting from something that is
giving you negative impulse.
And this is really key to, to making sure that.
You're not, um, suffering.
Long-term like, you don't say like, Oh, well, we're just going to deal
with it and walking into the store.
And you're just going to be upset.
You just gonna be upset and then happy the whole time, because
that's not good for anybody.
And no, one's gonna, no, one's gonna learn anything from this, but if you
plan appropriately and you, you kind of.
Make that effort to move them out of the situation and control
the new situation you're winning every single time guide you.
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