What Does It Mean To Me? Autism Rules

This indispensable tool is for autistic people, their parents, families, and professionals. The workbook helps children or adults enhance self-understanding and awareness and foster communication with others about needs, preferences, and identity. Included are ways of thinking, including focused interests perfection versus doing your best, the support of schedules, sensory experience, including stimming, creative expression, learning about and interacting with people, writing Social Stories, understanding speech and expressions in others types of communication including verbal or nonverbal self-advocacy and miscommunication,supportive structures for school and approaching IEPs, friendship, play, online acquaintances and safety, emotions, including feeling anxious or upset, depression, and outbursts. The book concludes with an extended section on happiness, including relaxation, exercise, gratitude, forgiveness, kindness, positive attitude, and making the world a better place. Extensive materials designed especially for older readers, as well as for parents, therapists, and teachers, are included. Understanding what's actually true and supporting acceptance and appreciation form the cornerstones of the author's approach and the workbook. This book is updated and revised from the original edition and adds 150 + pages of new material and worksheets.