The 'Debilitating' Autistic Issue 'Often' Confused For 'Laziness'

Summary

You might associate autism with better-known factors, like sensitivity to certain sensations and “stimming” ( using repetitive movements like hand flapping to self-regulate). These often do apply, though autism differs from person to person. But some autism-related behaviours and responses, like palilalia (where someone repeats their own phrases or words ), “autistic flow” , and “hyper-empathy” may not be as widely recognised. And a 2021 paper , which focused on accounts of “autistic inertia”, highlighted another “under-explored” and sometimes “debilitating” phenomenon. Here, HuffPost UK…

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