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Tag Archives: Distress
An Ecosystemic Model Of The AuDHD Burnout–Psychosis Cycle
An application of the ecosystemic model of distress to the AuDHD (Autistic and ADHD) burnout to psychosis cycle.
An Ecosystemic Model of Distress, Power, and Mismatch
Distress does not originate inside a person like a faulty circuit or a chemical spill. It emerges when a person is required to exist within an unsupported bodymind, within mismatched immediate environments, and within larger systems that hold power over access to care, safety, credibility, and resources. This matters, because where we locate distress determinesContinueContinue reading “An Ecosystemic Model of Distress, Power, and Mismatch”
Creating Autistic Suffering: In The Beginning There Was Trauma…
Learn about trauma and what traumatises Autistic people. Are Autistic people more easily traumatised, or are we exposed to greater levels of trauma?
New Meta-Analysis Supports Autism-Psychosis Overlap
A new meta-analyses has found a significant overlap between autism and psychosis. What does this research mean and what further work is needed?
Understanding Autism: What Is The Autism Spectrum?
This installment of Understanding Autism explores the question of “what is the autism spectrum?” and how autistic needs are part of a dynamic and spiky profile rather than linear and one dimensional.
Understanding Autism: The Ecosystemic Model Of Distress
Building on Luke Beardon’s golden equation of ‘autism + environment = outcome’ this article proposes that distress and mental health problems are generated by the human ecosystem, highlighting that to improve the wellbeing of Autistic people we must take an approach of ecological conservation to make the ecosystem sustainable and safe for all people.
Understanding Autism: Meltdowns & Shutdowns
Autistic meltdowns and shutdowns are widely misunderstood, so what is a better way of understanding them? This article considers what they are and how to reduce meltdowns and shutdowns in Autistic people.
Understanding Autism: Sensory Processing & Experience
when considering Autistic experience, the sensory world of Autistic people. This article considers the sensory environment as it relates to autism and how and why it is important to adapt it to the individual.
Understanding Autism: Autistic Burnout
In this edition of “Understanding Autism”, we explore the question of “What is Autistic burnout?” and consider the nature of being Autistic and in burnout through its impact on our connection to ourselves and our wider ecosystem.