Autistic Meltdowns: What's REALLY Going On??

How do you make sense of something as potentially scary as an autistic meltdown or shutdown? They're distressing for autistic folks and onlookers alike, but there IS a way of understanding & even predicting them: The Autistic Flood .Let's talk about what it is and why it's SO important to understanding and managing autistic stress events.
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00:00 Intro
01:49 Of Course...
05:43 Two Flavours but...
07:08 One assumption
10:08 Misunderstandings
11:18 Yes we do
13:18 Reckoning
16:12 Vocabulary
19:29 Controversial?
20:50 Cheer up!
22:32 Sympathy
23:26 Take the temperature
26:56 Triad
28:47 Tolerance?
30:43 NO stopping
31:14 Why?
33:25 How?
35:35 P.S.

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