Two articles are summarized with key points displayed 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 …
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Some consider autistic code-switching to be synonymous with autistic masking (Roberts, 2023) Others, such as Connor McClure, feel the terms are different. He has a great article outlining autistic masking and autistic code-switching My understanding, at this time, is both autistic masking and autistic code-switching have the potential to be adaptive, but code-switching is more …
Read more about Autistic Women Who Mask Read more about Masking or camouflaging and Autistic experiences with masking Masking long term Petrolini V., Rodríguez-Armendariz E., Vicente A. (2023). Autistic camouflaging across the spectrum. New Ideas in Psychology 68 (100992), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newideapsych.2022.100992
Navigating what schooling options will work best is different for each child/family and may change over time. Deciding what works best is a personal choice and considering the pros and cons for each can be a useful exercise. General options: Autism BC has a great article summarizing the different options available for learners that I …
Important considerations: Article: Tam KYY, Inzlicht M. Fast-forward to boredom: How switching behavior on digital media makes people more bored. J Exp Psychol Gen. 2024 Oct;153(10):2409-2426. doi: 10.1037/xge0001639. Epub 2024 Aug 19. PMID: 39158465.