Severe Autism: “I Can’t Cope with It, Show Me What to Do”

When someone is overwhelmed, when that person doesn’t know what to do, it seems unreasonable to ask the person to step back and study the situation. “The situation doesn’t let me step back,” may be the response. “How can I step back from a problem when I’m surrounded by it? How can I take time to study the situation when the situation takes away all of my time? I need to be shown, not told to find out for myself. I don’t have time for that!”

In the case of providing care for the severely autistic, that’s understandable. Severe autism (where …read more