ExecutiveFunctioningdifferences
Executive Functioningdifferences
How and why autism affects our Focus

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
Autism Understood
7 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
Autism Understood
7 July 2023

Autistic Inertia
What is autistic inertia? Some autistic people find it hard to get started on tasks. We can also struggle to stop an activity once they
Autism Understood
7 July 2023

Information processing differences
Autistic brains take in information differently to the majority for four reasons. This also affects what our brains choose to process. If information is interesting
Autism Understood
7 July 2023
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