Now What? Autism and Friendships: What to Do When Your Child Wants Friends

What should parents do when their autistic child wants friends but keeps feeling left out, misunderstood, rejected, or exhausted by social life? In this episode of Beneath the Behavior, Dr. Mark Bowers continues the “Now What?” series after an autism diagnosis with a compassionate look at autism and friendships. Many autistic children want connection, but friendship can be complicated when social cues, conversation rules, group play, rejection, masking, sensory demands, and social exhaustion ...