Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi, one of our 11yo Son’s Autism traits is severe anxiety about meeting people he knows out of their usual context, for example, school friends out of school. It has got to the point that we struggle to get him to leave the house and he’d rather stay in his bedroom all day. If anyone has experience of something similar, what strategies have you used to help as we’re struggling to know how to help him? Thanks!
I still hate meeting people out of context. It makes me really anxious if I bump into someone from work outside of work. I'm not sure there's an awful lot you can do about that.
Its very common with autism that school is school and home is home.
Does he have any interests? Would he join any kind of club or activity to make friends that aren't school friends?
I didn't go out very much at that age apart from for school and my special interest.