How can we understand anxiety in children with autism who cannot tell us how they feel? Anxiety is a significant problem for many children and young people, but there is very little research that helps us with children who have little or no language. We need to know more about what anxiety looks like in this group as well as finding out what we can do that helps.
At the Centre for Autism, University of Reading, ran a focus group study, asking parents and teaching staff to tell us what they notice when children become anxious and what they do to help.