ABSTRACT
Bullying in young children can cause somatic symptoms, anxiety, and depression. Additionally, children recently diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD) traits are more likely to experience bullying than are their peers who are either diagnosed earlier or their peers who are not diagnosed with ASD at all. An individual with ASD who has been a victim of bullying and who is experiencing depression will create coping mechanisms and patterns in order to be resilient; sometimes the ways of coping are helpful, but sometimes they can be harmful, despite the fact that they have allowed the individual to survive up until that point. Therefore, professional counseling and appropriate therapeutic treatments should be used immediately and consistently when a person is showing signs of depression and/or thoughts of harming him/herself or someone else. The research showed that these counseling groups were advantageous to individuals with ASD for numerous reasons.
