


The Effects of Autistic Burnout are More Than You Think
As autistic individuals, we know that autistic burnout affects us deeply. It impacts our ability to work, take care of ourselves, take care of others, and even complete day to day tasks. The symptoms are many including exhaustion, mental fog, losing words or the...
How Trauma Affects Social Interactions For Autistic People
Interestingly enough it was an article in the Harvard Business Review (Decisions and Desire) that prompted a bit of an “aha moment” around being autistic and social cues/social interactions. In the article, the author says: The amygdala responds...
The Hidden Sensory Overwhelm of Pain
In the cartoons when a character like Elmer Fudd gets hit on the head a big bump appears, pulsing red, so the viewer knows the character’s head hurts. It’s a comedic element, the bump an obvious sign of the injury (And far more palatable to Saturday...