Autistic inertia
Within the autistic community, autistic inertia is the difficulty many autistic people experience in starting, stopping, or switching tasks or activities. While not an official clinical diagnosis, it is often discussed as a lived experience that affects executive functioning.[1]
Autistic inertia can manifest in different ways. For some people, it means finding it very difficult to begin a task even when they want to. For others, it involves being unable to stop a task once it has started or feeling mentally "stuck" in a current state. This inertia is often reported to be unrelated to motivation, laziness, or depression, and can be extremely frustrating or distressing for the person experiencing it.
This phenomenon may be related to differences in executive function, and some researchers and autistic advocates [who?] consider it distinct from procrastination or catatonia.[2]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Buckle KL, Leadbitter K, Poliakoff E, Gowen E (2021). "'No way out except from external intervention': First-hand accounts of autistic inertia". Frontiers in Psychology. 12 631596.
- ^ Rapaport H, Clapham H, Adams J, Lawson W, Porayska-Pomsta K, Pellicano E (2024). "'I live in extremes': A qualitative investigation of Autistic adults' experiences of inertial rest and motion". Autism. 28 (5): 1305–1315.
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