theautisticcoach ,
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Most of the terms that are used to describe autistic inner experience were coined by allistic people.

Even the ones that weren’t are almost always based in the neuronormative framework of “society”.

Meltdowns, shutdowns, burnout, masking, and function all exist. But the way we think about them and define them is inherently not according to our own experience.

We need a paradigm shift.

@actuallyautistic

hellomiakoda ,
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@theautisticcoach
@actuallyautistic

The fact that "meltdown" is also casually used to describe things like entitled people just voluntarily throwing a fit they didn't get their way really drives that point home.

punishmenthurts ,
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@hellomiakoda @theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic
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that suddenly seems like we need a more medical term, not that they can't use "meltdown."

dzwiedziu ,
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@theautisticcoach
See the word “normal”, as in “behaving in the way expected by majority from the point of the person using that word”.

@actuallyautistic

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