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Supporting Autistic Individuals During Crises presents a first-person exploration of living with autism while experiencing a mental health crisis, offering mental health professionals, individuals with lived experience, and their families guidance for providing effective support. Elevating the voices of individuals with lived experience, this book examines how differences in sensory processing, communication, emotional regulation, and cognition shape the experience of psychological distress and crisis.
The chapters examine the intersection between autism and mental health, grounding psychological theory in real-life experience through detailed personal narrative and reflective analysis. Sensory overload, masking, burnout, shutdowns and meltdowns, disrupted routines, and communication barriers are clearly explained, illustrating how these factors can intensify distress and delay access to support. Psychological safety is centred throughout, highlighting how calm environments, predictable responses, validation, and capacity-based expectations reduce escalation and support recovery. Readers are encouraged to challenge common misconceptions about autism and will gain a wealth of practical strategies for support, highlighting the importance of autism-informed crises care and professional intervention.
Presenting autism not as a deficit, but as a neurodevelopmental difference, this book provides essential recognition and reassurance to autistic readers. It is also essential reading for those supporting autistic individuals, such as family members, carers, mental health clinicians, educators, support workers, and policymakers who are seeking to better understand autistic mental health and prioritise psychological safety.
Contents
Part I: Let's Start with the Basics Story 1- Maddie 1. Understanding Crises: What Do We Mean by Crises? 2. Understanding Autism: Common Misconceptions 3. Understanding Autism and Crises: Combining Autistic Differences and Mental Health Part II: Considering Risk Story 2 - Nina 4. What is Risk? Identifying Key Principles 5. Autism and Risk: Reviewing Autistic Differences and Risk Presentations 6. Positive Risk-Taking: Debunking and Collaborating 7. Safety Planning: Utilising Resources Part III: Models of Care Story 3 - Josh 8. Unmasking Autism: The Medical Model 9. Models of Care: Breaking Things Down 10. Unmasking Autism: The Biopsychosocial Model 11. Models of Care: Breaking Things Down Part IV: Interventions Story 4 - Ben 12. Let's Talk Meds: Use of Medication and Autism 13. Let's Talk Strategies: Utilising Coping Dtrategies 14. Debunking Therapeutic Resources: Adaptations for Autistic Differences 15. Being Inclusive: Working with Sensory Differences Part V: Wrapping Things Up Story 5 - Cali 16: Psychological Safety: Keeping Things Ticking 17. What Have We Learned and Where to Get Help
