Me, Myself, I Exploring aspects of the self Introduction

Introduction Awareness of self and others is a critical area of work with autism, development

here making an impact on many other areas of functioning in the child. I have

often noticed how learning to name feelings and read faces can have a

particularly positive effect on a child’s attention, impulse control, tolerance of

others and anxiety levels. However, in approaching work on the self, it does

help to consider what we mean by ‘me’ since children with autism often have

difficulty differentiating ‘me’ from ‘you’ and a poor sense of their real self.