Online safety for autistic children and teens
The internet can be connection, special-interest joy, and risk — scams, grooming, cyberbullying, and sleep collapse. Here is how to teach skills, set boundaries, and respond when something goes wrong.
The pages we most want you to read
Safety
The highest-stakes section on the site, and the one where families are most often left without guidance.
Getting through the appointment
Untreated dental and ear pain are major drivers of pain-related behaviour, and children who can't tolerate an examination are exactly the children whose problems go unfound.
Self-injury and head-banging — safety first
Some autistic children hit their head, bite themselves, or otherwise cause injury when overloaded, in pain, or unable to communicate. This is a safety and communication problem — not a character flaw.
Wandering is the most dangerous thing on this website
The page we most want families to read, and the one professionals least often raise. Only about one in three caregivers report ever being given formal guidance on it.
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