Two articles are summarized with key points displayed
- Autistic Shutdowns
Article: What I Wish You Knew: Insights on Burnout, Inertia, Meltdown, and Shutdown From Autistic Youth.Front Psychol. 2021 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8595127
FYI this was written in part by one of Canada’s lead researchers in autism – Melanie Penner, who did a presentation last month to Children’s Healthcare Canada on best practice for autism – link here
What is a shutdown:
What a shutdown can feel like:
- Autistic Inertia with catatonia-like features
Article: “No Way Out Except From External Intervention”: First-Hand Accounts of Autistic Inertia. Front Psychol. 2021 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8314008
What is inertia:
What is catatonia:
Catatonia is a complex neuropsychiatric behavioral syndrome that is characterized by abnormal movements, immobility, abnormal behaviors, and withdrawal.
- Participants described their experience as ‘physical’ and that although they knew what to do, they ‘just can’t.’
- This description had several characteristics in common with catatonia, although sometimes with a more subtle expression
