How do you explain and tell a child at the age of 8 with autism that someone is going to die?
the person that is terminally ill with cancer is his uncles mother (has basically been like a gran to him) she has been so ill she has not been able to do chemo and her health has deteriorated quickly she was given 6months to live.
he has anxieties about death and someone he knows dieing already and we have bought books explaining death but this has not changed his outlook. It is fully possible he has picked up on some conversations as all the adults in his life are talking about it but not using the exact words or who it is.
what is the best way to explain to him that this person is going to die? And obviously if the worst should happen how do we tell him that they died?
