in today's video we're going to be covering 10 tips on how to stop an autism meltdown here we go well hello there how you doing I hope you're doing well and if you're brand new to my channel I talk about autism on a weekly basis so if that sounds interesting to you and you want to see more consider subscribing and hitting that notification bar so you get notified every time I upload a new video and like I say in today's video I'm gonna be talking about ways to stop an autism meltdown and really the first tip I have for you is to be calm now if you're with an autistic person who is experiencing a meltdown in is having a meltdown in I don't know Walmart will go with Walmart because everyone wants to do meltdown Walmart videos these days being calm and collected when you're with the person can be really really really helpful and really really important to do because when I'm in a meltdown for example I don't always have control of what I'm doing in my mind everything's like a tornado it's all swirling around I can see houses I could see cows go Moo as they go past my head but it's also important to remember that just because an autistic person is having a meltdown and you know it's can be terrifying to experience sometimes I will admit this we are the same person you know we're just having a difficult time of it so being calm and collected can be really helpful in stopping a meltdown or stop it at meltdown from escalating even further another tip don't raise your voice you know because someone in a meltdown may not understand what you're saying or know what to do because I guess a it's kind of like a vortex in the head and just everything's like that so when someone immediately doesn't respond to you or understand what you're saying it's important to remain calm and not raise your voice because if you raise your voice that's a sign of aggression I know it's some situations when someone raises their voice it's them trying to ascertain what's going on but it's not helpful so when you are talking to an autistic person who is in a meltdown trying to understand the situation it's important to not raise your voice because they can escalate things even further and that's something that we don't want to another tip don't overload the person with information now this one is really really key because if you're in a meltdown it's very hard to retain information because just everything's going a million miles an hour like I keep saying so if you're telling someone a bit of information or you know you're trying to get information from the person you know it's important to keep it as clean and clear it's possible if the autistic person is unable to understand or cooperate or just unable to answer your questions then don't try and keep bombarded with questions cuz it's just not gonna help so just making sure you don't overload an autistic person can just be really really helpful next step if someone's having a meltdown don't touch especially if they say don't touch or if you know they don't like being touched just don't touch them now this is because some autistic people are really sensitive to touch so touching the arm may seem simple enough it might not seem threatening or intrusive in any way but for an autistic person if they're especially sensitive to touch it can feel like burden on the skin and also it can be seen as intrusive if the person is able to verbalize they want to be touched that's absolutely fine if they don't just don't next step trying to get that person out of that state of mind now a meltdown can be a very scary thing especially if you're like me when it comes to meltdowns and you just don't know what's happened and you just you just all scatterbrained and just like try to get the person oh that's State amount to concentrate on something whether it's the sounds or sight or anything like that trying to reconnect with their senses to ground the person and to try and get the person out of that state of mind of I'm having a meltdown this is crazy what am i doing with my life right the camera died I'm really sorry if the angles changed in any way actually that can cause a meltdown you know just a simple little thing of the battery dying it actually one of the best ways to try and stop a meltdown from happening especially if you're with someone who has meltdowns as well it's important to remember to breathe now I personally don't experience this myself but I know some people who do they just forget or even exists so if you're with someone and they're forgetting to breathe or just not breathing it's important to encourage the autistic person to breathe because if someone stops breathing or forgets to breathe it can be very very dangerous so literally just any kind of little simple breathing exercise either in for the nose out for mouths so not as aggressively like that it was just the example I mean that face I made though and also the next tip if you're with someone who's having a meltdown it's very important and I think it's good for the person as well to get them to a safe place now a safe place could be just away from people if you're out in public or just a quiet area for them to be able to decompress calm down whatever they need to do it personally for me when I'm having a meltdown I need to go outside because I get really hot as well as bit confused and stuff I tend to sit down on a bench or even on the floor sometimes I've been known to do that now this next tip is for everyone out there you know if you're with someone who's having a meltdown just being patient with them because obviously you've probably gathered through this video that it is a hard thing to understand sometimes but for the people who witness autism meltdowns either through their kids or just out in public generally you know it's a very misunderstood thing at times it's just important to be patient but the person just allow them that time just to calm down now after the meltdown if you're with the person or if you experience meltdowns you know it's important to give yourself or the person recovery time you know time to recover from that intense experience because for me personally what I've had a meltdown you know it takes a lot out of me personally it's very draining they for me for example if I'm scatterbrained during a meltdown which happens quite often you know I'll try to figure out what's happening but sometimes it doesn't happen so I'm wasting energy trying to figure out what's happening when I just literally just can't figure out what's happening allowing the autistic person or yourself time just to calm down after the meltdown and then having time to just recover for that experience you know and just making sure you're looking after yourself or the autistic person question can just really really help but just remember just because someone has a meltdown doesn't mean that they are not the same person and they just need a little bit of help but I hope by sharing these tips with you that you can take them with you and if someone has a meltdown that you know you know how to handle the situation or if you have meltdowns yourself maybe you can have that conversation with people that you know people that you trust and letting them know what is best for you in that situation if you've enjoyed the video hit that like button if you want to see more videos of mine there's a couple playlists right there and if you want to subscribe to the channel click that button right there but for now say you stay in D hope you have a great day and I hope to see you next time