| When your autistic child becomes overwhelmed, unlike | | | | accept a hug as it leaves them very little control over |
| other children the last thing they may need is a hug | | | | the situation, which leads to further anxieties. The hug |
| from you. As distressing as this can be you must | | | | machine is basically a padded box with a lever that |
| understand your autistic child doesn't view the world | | | | allows the child to squish themselves or apply as much |
| the same way as you or me. A simple hug can cause | | | | pressure for as long as they are comfortable. |
| too much sensation and trigger an upset. So how do | | | | Though many don't fully understand robotic hugs and |
| you hug your child and comfort them when they can't | | | | why autistic individuals enjoy the pressure from this, it |
| handle a hug from you? A Robotic hug. | | | | is easy to look at in the way of a hug. When you are |
| The hug machine was invented to help assist children | | | | upset a hug is comforting, but you can communicate to |
| with sensory difficulties overcome their issues and find | | | | the other person when it is enough. Remove |
| a way to be comforted. It takes the frustration out of | | | | communication and you lose control of the pressure. |
| the hug by giving the control of the situation to the child. | | | | Lose control of your world and it becomes an |
| Pressure can help to relive anxieties and other issues | | | | upsetting place to be. |
| in an autistic child but it is often difficult for them to | | | | |