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How can I support a young Autistic adult when she is perseverating about historic events?

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Hi, 

I would very much appreciate some advice about how I can best support a young Autistic adult that I am working with.

As a pupil in school, her teachers did not understand Autism, which resulted in staff taking a disciplinary approach, rather than a supportive one. 

(When will people learn??) 

This has resulted in the young adult feeling maligned and misunderstood. 

My concern is that repeatedly returning to and remembering the experiences, the experiences are almost relived, along the distress involved.

Is it better for the young adult to keep talking through her upset until it dissipates? Or, should part of my practice be about helping her 

to draw a line under the experience and move forward, if so, how can I best support her to do this? 

Any thoughts, experience or advice would be very helpful. 

Parents

  • Most autistic people like information - the more the better. I supect that your colleague/mentee is returning to past events because she does not understand them. If you can deconstruct them for her, giving her some insight as to why the teachers behaved in the way they did towards her, and that it was not her conscious fault, it may help to resolve matters.

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  • Most autistic people like information - the more the better. I supect that your colleague/mentee is returning to past events because she does not understand them. If you can deconstruct them for her, giving her some insight as to why the teachers behaved in the way they did towards her, and that it was not her conscious fault, it may help to resolve matters.

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