Anxiety and Overload and the Resultant Affect

Every human being at some stage in their life will experience some form of anxiety, get to the point where they feel completely overloaded, with them often internalising or externalising the build-up that occurs.

Specific to individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, navigating a world that often feels so overwhelming and foreign to them at times, is exasperated by seemingly insignificant things to others.

• Anticipatory anxiety impacts individuals every day in ways that others would not expect.
• Noticing every single element of this world can be overwhelming.
• The idiom of individuals being aloof about so many things but detailed about others.
• The literal and detailed examination of this world as part of their everyday life.
• Recognising when the individual needs to release or not.
• Modelling and storytelling to reduce anxiety.

Length: 12:10