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Author: Beep
Rating: 5
Review: 'Managing Meltdowns' is the closest you could come to having a manual for meltdowns. As an autistic adult who wants to explain meltdowns to friends and family, I found this book to be ideal. It's only 80 pages long and the text is fairly large, so unlike a textbook, it's easy to read and pass on to others to read. The book is instantly readable with lots of bullet point lists, a question and answer section and lists of ''do's and don'ts'' for various stages of stress and meltdown. This book is written from the experience of a woman with autism and as an adult with autism myself, I could strongly relate to the experiences she describes, including how autistic meltdowns build up, how they feel and what happens after a meltdown. 'Managing Meltdowns' seems slightly more geared towards talking about adults with autism rather than children. This will either be a positive or a negative depending on your use of the book, but for me it was refreshing to have a book that dares to approach the subject of meltdowns in adults. In any case, 'Managing Meltdowns' explains some vital misunderstandings of meltdowns, such as the difference between a meltdown and a tantrum. Now and then there is a paragraph that I don't so easily relate to nor understand but this is far from a criticism. It's impressive, given how different autistic individuals are, that so much of this short book's content shouts 'spot on'. Overall, 'Managing Meltdowns' is a concise, easy to read book that offers an invaluable insight into an easily misunderstood area of autism.
