Letting A Child Have Reasonable Autonomy
Giving children a healthy sense of choice can be an important part of helping them build confidence, independence, and trust.It can be beneficial to let children—autistic or not—have an appropriate level of control over the decisions that affect them. Even small choices can help a child feel respected and involved rather than simply directed.Adults should be careful with rhetorical questions, sarcasm, and figurative language. Some autistic individuals interpret words very literally, so a question that was never intended as a genuine choice may be understood as exactly that. If the child gives…
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