How to Handle an Autism Meltdown
Having an autistic child can be quite challenging sometimes. My child will sometimes have what we call "nuclear" meltdowns. Sometimes when he does this, he can scream non stop for hours at a time and it's so hard to figure out if he's screaming because he is in pain or he's just not happy. I have done a few things that seems to calm him when this happens, so it might help some of you. 1. The first thing I do when he's having a screaming fit is I will give him some pain reliever like Motrin to see if it's a pain thing, or him being frustrated. If he calms down after 20 or so minutes, I know he must be hurting, like an ear infection. 2. If he continues to scream, I get a blow dryer and put it on the cool setting and blow it on his back. For some reason, this calms him. 3. If you have them, blow bubbles 4. Give them a newspaper or magazine to shread 5. Give the child a warm bath.(this method usually doesn't work on my son when he is sc...