Please don’t assume that an autistic shutdown is ‘the silent treatment’, or is voluntary or intentional. Shutdowns are the quiet sibling of meltdowns; they are likewise involuntary and unintentional responses to being overwhelmed. Julia Tuttle, at TPGA:
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We talked with several autistic people about how non-autistic people can be good friends to autistic people. This is their advice.
