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Autistic Children with Social Anxiety.
SAD is most commonly seen in individuals who has Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD.) It is most common for children who have ASD to have more worries and stress over things that children who do not have ASD worry about.

Activities such as disrupting a routine, new sensations in their body, unfamiliar or unpredictable social situations, situations that are hard to know what others are thinking or feeling, own thoughts and feelings especially unfamiliar and unpleasant physical symptoms that are related to worrying thoughts and feelings. These activities are most common that children with ASD go through when experiencing any form of anxiety.

Children with ASD also have difficulty recognizing their own anxious thoughts and feelings, they can not tell us if they are feeling anxious. It is our job to recognize symptoms where we notice the increase in challenging behaviors like; insist more on routine, trouble sleeping, meltdowns, emotional outburst, they rely on obsessions and ritual lining up or spinning objects, rock, spin, flap their hands, and finally doing things to hurt themselves such as head-banging, scratching skin, or hand-biting. These are behaviors that should be noticed as a sign of anxiety.

Also, they need to learn how to recognize the feeling of anxiety in their body. Some of the signs are sweaty palms, strange feeling in the stomach, heart beats faster, and hand flapping. Some of the strategies that can be used when an ASD children begins to feel anxious or stressed like; counting slowly to ten, take five deep breaths, running around, jumping, looking at a favorite item, read their favorite book, close your eyes for a few moments, and go to a quiet place in the house. When these techniques are being practiced get the children to practice the strategies when they are calm, and gently guide the children to try the techniques when they are feeling anxious.

Psychologist could also help the child if they are very anxious by helping the family and the children develop strategies to help reduce anxiety like Cognitive Behavior Theory, the stepladder approach, relaxation, Occupational Therapy , and medication.