Podcasts kids Autism & Neurodiversity 58. Depression in Autistic and Neurodivergent Young People with Jason

58. Depression in Autistic and Neurodivergent Young People with Jason

Published: May 21, 2022, 10:20 p.m.

Depression in autistic and neurodivergent young people and how to effectively treat it, has not been studied as extensively as in the general neurotypical population.

There a some common misunderstandings about what depression is and isn\u2019t, what causes it, and what helps it especially for neurodivergents.

In this episode, Jason offers some important things to understand about depression and especially how it effects autistic and neurodivergent young people and what they need to overcome it, the role of counseling, medications and the mentors in their lives.

This is an important topic to understand in order to improve quality of life outcomes for our autistic and neurodivergent young people.

What You'll Learn from this Episode:

  • What depression is and isn\u2019t.
  • What always goes together with depression.
  • What depressed autistic and neurodivergent young people need.
  • How counseling gets misused and how it\u2019s meant to be used.
  • What approaches are useful and effective.

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