
You could also connect with your local CAMHS service or TUSLA family service to ask about the SPACE programme, which is available to parents of children with anxiety. She has many publications and resources to explain social thinking to children. You might find the work of American speech and language therapist Michelle Garcia-Winner helpful in supporting your son's social engagement and connection with his peer group. It is also possible for someone with ASD to have social anxiety. Sometimes we have to start by questioning our preconceived understanding of how a person with ASD behaves and deepen our understanding of how the neurodivergent condition can look, feel and sound differently in different people. Symptoms of ASD will manifest and present differently in different people.
