An autistic meltdown is an intense reaction to sensory or emotional overload in autistic people. When an autistic person becomes overstimulated or unable to cope with their environment, they may ...

If you walk into any autistic group, almost everyone in the group understands what it means to go into autistic shutdown or meltdown states. Even if they don’t know the proper words or terminology for ...

When I began working with autistic adults, there was only one book I could find on the topic. It held a very narrow perspective on what autistic adults needed. Over the last 10 years, autism advocates ...

There is a moment many parents know well. A child becomes overwhelmed, and everything suddenly escalates. Screaming, crying, running, hitting, and collapsing to the floor. Instinctively, adults move ...

Many autistic people face challenges in their daily life while navigating a world made for neurotypical people. Think about a trip to your local cafe. You might have patrons crammed into small spaces, ...

Many of the autistic adult clients who come to my organization for coaching didn’t know they were autistic until their 20s, 30s, 40s or even later. For most of them, learning they are autistic later ...

Mental health conditions are common among autistic adults, with 50% of autistic adults having a co-occurring condition, like attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ...