The autistic survival pipeline, let's talk about it, because it's real...

Autistic Anxiety… Autistic Meltdowns… Autistic Shutdowns… Autistic Burnout … Autistic Skill Regression…

I’ve seen a lot of people talk about these autistic experiences, which are all extremely important and widely misunderstood…

Unsupported autism is living in a constant and chronic state of survival. A detailed explanation.

Understanding autism through the lens of survival (aka nervous system activation) is absolutely crucial for understanding autism... because autism isn't just a condition that causes "social deficits," rigidity, demand avoidance, and sensory sensitivities...

What are autistic needs?

This is probably the most confusing part of autism because the diagnostic criteria don't actually cover this. Like, at all.

The DSM tells us what autism looks like (important note: from the outside)...

More on my theory of how autism directly leads to cPTSD over time...

The underlying root cause is unmet needs. That's the central concept of the entire theory.

Unmet needs.

So, the *causal chain* is all downstream from autistic UNMET needs....

There's a specific reason most people misunderstand neurodivergence... and it has to do with the way neurodivergent conditions are diagnosed.

The core issue basically comes down to one thing... the fact that neurological conditions are diagnosed almost EXCLUSIVELY by what's observable…