If you walk into any autistic group, almost everyone in the group understands what it means to go into autistic shutdown or meltdown states. Even if they don’t know the proper words or terminology for ...

All the way back in Module 1, we touched briefly on autistic meltdowns and explained how they are not the same thing as bad or manipulative behavior. However, autistic meltdowns can sometimes look or ...

Girls with autism often use masking to appear more socially acceptable. Sensory sensitivities in girls with autism can lead to extreme reactions like meltdowns. Special interests in girls with autism ...

Most autistic people over the age of 40 in the UK are living without an official diagnosis, according to new research. Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at ...

Autism has never been so widely discussed as it has in 2025. Diagnoses are on the rise, thanks in large part to an increased awareness, and numerous celebrities have shared their experience with the ...

CYPRESS, Texas — United Airlines won a passenger for life for the way a crew handled a four-year-old with autism having a mid-flight meltdown. Everything that happened on United Flight 2210, ...