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.
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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.
Autism wandering and elopement: water safety and what to do this week
About half of autistic children attempt to leave a safe place. Wandering and elopement: water first, exit alarms, swim skills, neighbour alert — this week.
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