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The focus of this article from the Indiana Resource Center for Autism is on how children and adults on the autism spectrum may experience loss due to death or divorce and how to provide support through the grieving process.
Your child may struggle to understand the concept of death and loss and how they are supposed to behave when someone dies. Most personal accounts suggest that autistic people react to death and experience the grieving process differently to non-autistic people.
So how do we explain death, funerals, and loss to our children with autism? Don’t avoid talking about it. Explain it as fully as possible. Your child’s misinterpretation might be worse than reality. Provide as clear an explanation as possible about the death of a loved one, as well as multiple opportunities to talk about it.
12 lut 2024 · Inclusive mental health care is crucial for autistics. Grief, a penetrating human experience, is universally felt yet uniquely processed. In the past, psychologists referenced the five stages of...
The focus of this article is on how children and adults, on the autism spectrum, may experience loss due to death or divorce and how to provide support through the grieving process.
5 lis 2023 · After a death, in some cases, there might be little outward expression of sadness—which may lead others to think that the autistic individual didn’t understand the loss or is unaffected by...
When someone or something you care about dies - like a relative or pet - you might suddenly feel very different. Everyday life might seem more difficult. Bereavement is the process of adjusting to life without that important person or pet.
