alexithymia

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Autism Checklist of DOOM

January 15, 2022 • By Shannon Des Roches Rosa

This checklist is for people who aren’t autistic (or whose autistic traits differ from those of their child/charge) to understand what may upset an autistic person, and cause them distress.

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Alexithymia and Autism: When Everyone Is Speaking a Different Language

March 31, 2019 • By Sonny Hallett

Autistic people often find it hard to identify and describe our emotions (alexithymia) partly because we have not been exposed to the right language to learn how to do it.

The Protective Gift of Meltdowns

July 30, 2018 • By Shannon Des Roches Rosa

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