NAUTSPLAINING
A NEW TERM FOR AN AGE-OLD PROBLEM (to) nautsplain PRONUNCIATION: nawt-spleyn │ / ˈnɔtspleɪn / Neologism blending non-autistic and (to) explain. I coined this term because I was sick of non-autistic people speaking for and over autistic people in autism-related matters. VERB [1] a non-autistic person commenting on or explaining something autism-related, usually to an […]
                    
				MISOPHONIA – UNBEARABLE SOUNDS
What misophonia is, its causes, what it feels like, and what can help people who have it. […]
                    
				THE AUTISTIC DILEMMA – FUNCTIONING LABELS
Why functioning labels are a problem, why people use them, and what we should do instead. […]
                    
				SELECTIVE MUTISM- THE FREEZING FEAR THAT STEALS VOICES
Selective Mutism, a severe anxiety disorder, often gets misunderstood, misinterpreted, misdiagnosed, and the term misused. Here is what Selective Mutism is, isn’t, what it’s like, and what can help. […]
Categories
- ACCOMMODATIONS
 - AGGRESSION
 - ALEXITHYMIA
 - ANXIETY
 - AUTISM
 - CO-OCCURRING CONDITIONS
 - DEVELOPMENTAL TOPOGRAPHICAL DISORIENTATION
 - ECHOLALIA
 - EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION
 - FOOD & EATING
 - FUNCTIONING LABELS
 - MELTDOWNS
 - MISOPHONIA
 - OTHER STUFF
 - PASSING
 - PUBLIC STATEMENTS
 - RELATIONSHIPS
 - RESOURCES
 - REVIEWS
 - SELECTIVE MUTISM
 - SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR
 - SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR
 - SENSORY PROCESSING
 - SOCIALIZING
 - SPEECH
 - STIMMING
 - TERMINOLOGY
 - WORK
 
