zkydz wrote:
I had one of the members here contact me and when I told of a few instances and increase of occurrences (meltdowns, etc) and the massive changes going on (long distance travel, a few other things) he mentioned this and pointed to information. Explained to me why things are happening in a more punctuated fashion these days.
I'm not sure if the autism gets worse or if the walls and coping mechanisms start to fail and let more of it show. Does that make sense?
That makes sense, yeah.

I guess it depends on what OP means as getting worse - if they mean autistic symptoms getting more pronounced due to stress/coping mechanisms failing/not having enough energy to handle taught life skills, which is what I assumed they meant, then it's probably autistic burnout. If they meant developing neurological symptoms they've never had trouble with before, like struggling with motivation and speech or bowel issues, then it's probably a co-morbid condition.
Of course one can cause the other and you can also have both. Hurray for the complexity of mental health! </sarcasm>
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