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The 'Debilitating' Autistic Issue 'Often' Confused For 'Laziness'
It might make some people feel “stuck” and unable to begin a task.
You might associate autism with better-known factors, like sensitivity to certain sensations and “stimming” (using repetitive movements like hand flapping to self-regulate).
These often do apply, though autism differs from person to person. But some autism-related behaviours and responses, like palilalia (where someone repeats their own phrases or words), “autistic flow”, and “hyper-empathy” may not be as widely recognised.
And a 2021 paper, which focused on accounts of “autistic inertia”, highlighted another “under-explored” and sometimes “debilitating” phenomenon.
Here, HuffPost UK spoke to one of its authors, Karen Leneh Buckle, about the topic.
What is “autistic........