verb. 1  To speak or act in response, as to a question: answer, rejoin, reply, retort, return, riposte. See ask. 2  To act in return to something, as a stimulus: react. See action. 3  To present with a specified reaction: greet, meet1, react. See feelings, greeting.
Social stories are meant to help children understand social situations, expectations, social cues, new activities, and/or social rules. As the name implies, they are brief descriptive stories that provide accurate information regarding a social situation.
Social anxiety disorder or social anxiety is an excessive emotional discomfort, fear, or worry about social situations. The individual is worried about being evaluated or scrutinized by other people, and there is a heightened fear of interactions with others. Social anxiety disorder is sometimes referred to as social phobia.