23. When should we use Responsive Communication?

Try to give empathetic and meaningful responses to bring coherence into an autistic world that is sensorily scrambled. Try to centre the person rather than hype them up, engage rather than over-stimulate. You are not playing games, or entertaining the person, but sharing something precious between the two of you. Try not to feel self-conscious. It means you are focussing on yourself and worrying about what others think of you, rather than on the person you are trying to engage. Each time you use a signa