How Do You Make SENSE of Autistic Meltdowns?

How do you make sense of something as potentially scary as an autistic meltdown or shutdown? They're distressing for autistic folks and onlookers alike, but there IS a way of understanding & even predicting them: The Autistic Flood .Let's talk about what it is and why it's SO important to understanding and managing autistic stress events. #EngageAutism #AutismAcceptance #actuallyautistic 00:00 Intro 01:49 Of Course... 05:43 Two Flavours but... 07:08 One assumption 10:08 Misunderstandings 11:18 Yes we do 13:18 Reckoning 16:12 Vocabulary 19:29 Controversial? 20:50 Cheer up! 22:32 Sympathy 23:26 Take the temperature 26:56 Triad 28:47 Tolerance? 30:43 NO stopping 31:14 Why? 33:25 How? 35:35 P.S. Support Autistamatic on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/autistamatic "Buy me a coffee" at Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/autistamatic Find more at https://www.autistamatic.com/ contact email: [email protected] Jenn's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@NeurodiverJENNt Autistamatic Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/autistamatic Autistic Primer (playlist) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XdtuFETrvU&list=PL3R_uyUBjsuCX4FellgOexpKXdyIv9j3q&pp=gAQBiAQB Made with Shotcut, open source video editing software https://shotcut.org/ Images, stock video, sound effects and music not created by the channel are either used under license from their appointed vendors, have been obtained from YouTube creator resources or from the following PD/CC sources: https://www.rgbstock.com/​​ https://www.videvo.net/​​ (author - Videvo) https://pixabay.com/​​ https://filmmusic.io/​​ https://freesound.org/​​ Every effort has been made to ensure that copyrights are respected and that material used is in the public domain. Where copyrighted material is used it is under the terms of "fair use" for educational and/or critical purposes. All copyrights remain the property of their respective owners.