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Screen Time and the Health and Well-Being of Autistic Individuals

Screen time is a part of everyday life. For autistic individuals, devices can provide great opportunities for connection, learning, exploring interests or deep dives into passions, and communication without pressure. Screens can help with regulation by offering a sense of safety and predictability in an overwhelming and unpredictable world. Technology can support executive functioning with online calendars and planners or…

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How do I keep an autistic person safe and well online?

Most people enjoy aspects of being online and this technology has many benefits such as connecting with people all over the world, pursuing interests, watching films and video clips, and finding information on just about any subject you can think of. Since COVID-19 started, internet use has increased significantly worldwide. Technology itself is not good or bad, healthy or unhealthy.…

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