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If you’re just starting out on this journey, you probably have a lot of questions. Or, as your child with autism becomes an adult with autism, there are sure to be many questions that you’ll want to ask. Whatever the case may be, there are a lot of questions so that’s why Q is for Questions. The only part that I’m not really covering is questions to ask during the special education process. But that’s because I think those could be a post entirely on its own. Questions to Ask During/Right After the Diagnosis: Should we get a second opinion? What type of services will my child need? Can you provide a list of recommended service providers? How are we going to pay for these…

While I could have done this post about occupational therapy, I’m going to save that for another post. Instead, O is for Overload as we continue with our Autism A to Z series. When I say overload, I actually mean sensory overload. We’ll also talk about occupational therapy in brief but it will definitely be covered more when we get to the letter T. So just what is sensory overload? Sensory overload happens when the brain gets overstimulated by the environment. Contributing factors could be: noises, smells, lights, too many people, texture of clothing, etc. It could really be any number of things. After awhile it just becomes too much for the brain to process. Too much sensory overload or sensory stimulation could lead to…