Autistic people have medical issues too. And guess what… not everything they experience is directly caused by their autism. Constant dysregulation, severe meltdowns with seemingly no trigger, issues that don’t seem to align with autism alone. If your gut is telling you something is wrong, don’t accept “it’s just because of their autism” as an answer. I still remember begging for help in the ER during one of our worst times and being told “he’s autistic he’s never going to be normal”. I didn’t ne

Autistic meltdown ≠ tantrums #AutisticMeltdowns #AutisticMeltdown #tantrum #ActuallyAutistic #autism #Autistic #neurodiversity #neurodivergent | David Gray-Hammond: Emergent Divergence

Meltdowns aren’t behavior problems. They’re overload. Know the difference. Respond with compassion. #AutismSupport #SensoryOverload #MeltdownAwareness #ParentingNeurodivergentKids #AutismExplained | Alicia Trautwein

An autistic meltdown is not the same as a tantrum. A tantrum will usually stop when the child gets what they want or need but a meltdown will not. Anything can trigger a meltdown and a child can be dysregulated after a meltdown for several hours or even days. #autism #autisticmeltdown #meltdowns #senparenting #autismparentsupport #autismmom #autismfamily | Momlifewithmara