Autism & Alexithymia

Alexithymia refers to difficulty recognizing and articulating one’s own feelings, and it is common among autistic people.

To an outsider, autistic emotional outbursts – often called meltdowns – can look like temper tantrums or defiant behavior.

The truth is that autistic people do feel the full range of emotions – often very deeply – but they may express those emotions in ways that neurotypical (non-autistic) people don’t immediately recognize.

Neurodiversity is the concept that there is natural variation in how human brains function. It refers to neurocognitive differences such as autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and more that have both strengths and struggles.