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Common Occurrence Triggers

MattH13

Good evening.

My daughter is 4 and is diagnosed with ASD.

One of her main triggers for meltdowns is seeing Pushchairs or prams. She can become very frustrated and throw herself to the floor.

We try to keep her calm and have tried to de-sensitise her by showing photos and videos of pushchairs but no luck so far.

Has anyone had to deal with something similar? We would be willing to go privately if anyone had a contact.

Thank you

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  • I’m not sure if there is anything I can help with, but I’m curious if there is anything in particular that triggers your daughter about strollers? Is it that people push them, or the fact that she can/cannot ride in one? Maybe if you identify why, then perhaps a solution could be determined from that?

  • in reply to profdanger

    Its possibly babies and the association with crying. She struggles with hearing babies/young children crying which is probably the trigger

  • in reply to MattH13

    Maybe try associating crying with something a little more positive? Like, each time she hears a baby cry challenge her to think of what the baby probably needs (ex. is that baby hungry? Is the baby wanting its mommy? etc). Maybe getting her to consider what could help might be a long term fix. It certainly wouldn’t work right away, though.

    Another thought I’ve had is maybe have headphones handy? If you can prove that headphones help with babies crying, then maybe wearing headphones around strollers would help ease that anxiety.

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  • in reply to MattH13

    Maybe try associating crying with something a little more positive? Like, each time she hears a baby cry challenge her to think of what the baby probably needs (ex. is that baby hungry? Is the baby wanting its mommy? etc). Maybe getting her to consider what could help might be a long term fix. It certainly wouldn’t work right away, though.

    Another thought I’ve had is maybe have headphones handy? If you can prove that headphones help with babies crying, then maybe wearing headphones around strollers would help ease that anxiety.

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