The Behavior Of Children With Autism Essay - 2184 Words

Imagine for a moment that you are riding down the street with your family, your favorite song plays in the car as you reach your destination. The drivers park and walk to your door, and as it opens the outside noises and smells flood into the car and overwhelm your senses. Now, you begin to become overwhelmed with anxiety, how do you cope? For most people, you wouldn’t have to know how to cope with these emotions because you would never experience them, this would be a normal and monotonous experience in your everyday life. For individuals on the autism spectrum however, these emotions can be and everyday occurrence. The behaviors that children with autism exhibit to cope with their feelings can be to some inappropriate behaviors for a public situation. The most challenging outings for these families is a dinner out at a restaurant. Parents and caregivers may have to change aspects of their outings to accommodate their children’s needs. What changes the parents must make is dependent on the individual child.