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Understand autism meltdowns and share strategies to minimize, manage occurrences
Author(s) -
Bedrossian Louise
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
disability compliance for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-8001
pISSN - 1086-1335
DOI - 10.1002/dhe.30026
Subject(s) - autism , anxiety , resource (disambiguation) , psychology , medical education , developmental psychology , computer science , psychiatry , medicine , computer network
The percentage of students with autism spectrum disorders in higher education is increasing. But they often struggle with greater levels of stress and anxiety than others, making them susceptible to meltdowns. Since disability services providers are usually the primary resource for averting or responding to meltdowns by students on the spectrum, they should be knowledgeable of the underlying issues triggering such behaviors and familiar with strategies to help students forestall such occurrences.