Autism and Transitions: The Complete Guide to Reducing Meltdowns Between Activities

Stop playing. Get in the car. Leave the park. Come to dinner. Turn off the iPad. Put your shoes on. Time to go. If you're parenting an autistic child, you already know that each one of those sentences can be the start of a twenty-minute battle — and you say them all before 9am. Transitions are one of the most universal, exhausting, and underestimated daily challenges for autism families. They're not a behavior problem. They're a neurological one. And once you understand what's actually happening in your child's brain, the strategies in this guide will make a lot more sense — and a lot more difference.