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Autism · Glossary term

Autistic Burnout

Long-term exhaustion from masking, sensory overload and constant adaptation. Looks like loss of skills, shutdown, or refusal to do previously easy things. After a busy school term your child stops getting dressed independently — that's burnout, not regression.

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Generating age-6–8 examples for "Autistic Burnout"…