In our research, we identified commonalities across autistic adults’ experiences of burnout. The person may have difficulty ...

Autistic burnout is primarily characterized by chronic and persistent exhaustion, a loss of capacity or skills, and reduced tolerance to stimuli. 3 Although autistic burnout can vary vastly from ...

There are an estimated 5.4 million adults in America living with autism and many more who have yet to be diagnosed. Megan Anna Neff, Ph.D., author of "The Autistic Burnout Workbook", joined us to ...

On a random Friday in October of last year, I got fired from my first corporate job. When I hopped into the virtual meeting, I knew it was all over and I was angry at myself for ever believing ...

In the first of this two-part series on autistic burnout, we explored the symptoms and lived experience of an executive who has gone through it. In this second article, we look at what employers can ...

Melissa is now part of the Project Penguin team who are creating a three-day training programme focused on neurodiversity, autistic perception, communication and NeuroAffirmative practice. The aim is ...

The first of a two-part series exploring the rarely-discussed phenomenon of autistic burnout, the symptoms and the witness of a tech executive who has experienced it. Autistic burnout is a real, and ...

Imagine being autistic and suffering from burnout. What would you do if your friend criticized you for needing to be alone and recover? Would you try to power through to make them happy, or would you ...

A new academic year is starting. I sense that my professorial colleagues around the country are returning reluctantly. Higher education in the U.S. has slipped into economic difficulty, and I believe ...

As a therapist specializing in the intersection of neurodivergence and mental health, I have met several autistics sharing, at points, a kind of lifelessness. During this experience, speech is slow, ...