An autistic meltdown is an intense reaction to sensory or emotional overload in autistic people. When an autistic person becomes overstimulated or unable to cope with their environment, they may ...

In my 30-plus years of working with neurodivergent children and adolescents, I've learned that there is something they often wish their parents knew: “A meltdown isn't a choice, it's a by-product of a ...

We’ve all been there. You’re at the checkout line, tired and distracted, and suddenly — it happens. Your child launches into a full-scale emotional protest because you dared say no to a bag of gummies ...

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 ...