Autism and Anxiety: The Complete Parent's Guide to What's Happening and What Actually Helps

If you've spent any time in autism parenting spaces, you've probably heard that anxiety is common in autistic kids. But "common" undersells it. Research consistently shows that somewhere between 40 and 60 percent of autistic children meet criteria for at least one anxiety disorder — and that estimate is almost certainly low, because anxiety in autistic kids often doesn't look like the anxiety profile clinicians are trained to spot. This is the guide to understanding what's actually happening in your child's nervous system, recognizing what anxiety looks like when it doesn't look like "anxiety," and finding the strategies that move the needle.