How to Help those Affected by Autism
David Daroff
I am a licensed and trained counselor. I also have nephews and nieces who have Autism and have watched them grow up. Having said that, I want my readers to understand that I am not an ASD expert. Rather as a counselor, I run into clients who are mildly on the spectrum and who struggle with feelings of poor self-worth, not fitting in, depression, and an inability to relate to other humans the way most of us relate. The primary problem I see is that they don’t understand how others are feeling and or thinking and so they tend to retreat instead of engaging. Sometimes they lash out at others and...
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