Shutdowns
A shutdown has all the same overwhelming and distressing feelings as a meltdown, but instead of the feelings being expressed outwardly, they are trapped inside.
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7 July 2023
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Sensory – Touch
Autistic people often experience lower sensitivity OR higher sensitivity with touch. It is common for the levels of sensitivity to change according to how relaxed, stressed or tired the person is feeling.
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2 July 2023
Monotropism
Monotropism is a processing style, or way of thinking. Monotropic people tend to focus strongly on a small number of things at a time, and
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7 July 2023
Introduction to neurodiversity
Humans, and their brains, are similar to plants in a lot of ways. Let me explain………….. There are different species of plant that all need
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7 July 2023
Why “male and female” autism are unhelpful terms
You might see people talking about ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism. Often this is well-meaning. It comes from the fact that autism is thought to be
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7 July 2023
Understanding Meltdowns
Our brain is divided into different areas – each different area does a different job. The Cortex – this is our ‘thinking’ brain which
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7 July 2023
Executive Functioning Differences
Executive functioning is the name for the things your brain does to help you be organised, make good decisions, and get things done. There are
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7 July 2023
Introduction to Sensory Differences
Everyone on the planet has sensory processing differences, but these are often more extreme in autistic people, compared to others.
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3 July 2023
Introducing Autism
We have created this website so that you get a chance to understand what autism actually is. Everyone who has contributed to this website is
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7 July 2023
ADHD
ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, however this name isn’t quite right. Lots of people think that if you are ADHD you run around
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7 July 2023