Home » Psychology news » New Autism Research Highlights The Need To Help Children Make Emotional Transitions
New Autism Research Highlights The Need To Help Children Make Emotional Transitions
December 3, 2012 by NewsBot
Most people know when to be afraid and when it's ok to calm down. But new research on autism shows that children with the diagnosis struggle to let go of old, outdated fears. Even more significantly, the Brigham Young University study found that this rigid fearfulness is linked to the severity of classic symptoms of autism, such as repeated movements and resistance to change...