You know what we say to Matilda is, "honey you have something in your brain, which makes it confusing when you are dealing with most people who think differently. That is why you get so frustrated with us. Neither of us are "right" or "wrong" just different from each other." So that when she goes towards a melt down I can sometimes help her through it saying "that will hurt your brain, that is why you have to back away...." etc etc...

I hate it when you can see a melt down coming, and there isn't much you can do. Maybe a few stim free days in a row? We've found Matilda is calm after a trip to the beach, so we have been going there a few days a week.