inertia

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Understanding How Routines Can Help Autistic People

April 27, 2022 • By Fergus Murray

There are dangers to assuming autistic people need routines, without understanding why. Routines imposed by other people are likely to do more harm than good.

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When Adaptation Looks Like Laziness

July 9, 2020 • By Emily Paige Ballou

For instance, autistic inertia means that it’s harder for autistic people than it is for other people to stop, start, and change activities.

Autistic Inertia: An Overview

December 8, 2016 • By Shannon Des Roches Rosa

Maxfield Sparrow unstrangemind.com Image description: a photo of the Mason Dixon line from about 20 miles away, taken by Sparrow Rose Jones at the Maryland/Pennsylvania border near Clear Spring, Maryland on October 4, 2016 I was talking with my boyfriend yesterday about autistic inertia. I was describing how it affects me and bemoaning the fact