Health, Sports & Psychology
Why an autistic meltdown or shutdown is not a ‘tantrum’
...change of plans, or masking their distress for an extended period of time, they may experience what is sometimes called an autistic meltdown or an autistic shutdown. Meltdowns can feel like very intense reactions that are outside of the autistic person’s control, where they may say or do things that are out of character (e.g., they might express their distress by...