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how to help an autistic loved one

           something that I have been asked a lot is how can I help an autistic person, in this post I will discuss how to do just that. The first thing that me and my parents did was to first take me to occupational therapy, this helped me by first teaching me self control and how to manage my stress levels this was vital for my growth as person so that I could be able to learn to navigate my surroundings and deal with stressful situations. The next step that we took was to learn a sport or a skill that I enjoy doing, for me it was mixed martial arts as I have explained in an old post of mine titled "how martial arts helped me" we then learned that by having a sport or skill like MMA I would receive physical input which helped me learn to interact with others and learn to navigate conflict. The last step that me and my parents took was to be thorough with what they say and telling me what is about to happen, when is it going to happen and of course ho...