TY  - INPR
N1  - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions.
AV  - public
Y1  - 2023/01/13/
TI  - Confirming the nature of autistic burnout
KW  - Autism
KW  -  autistic burnout
KW  -  burnout
KW  -  camouflaging
KW  -  double empathy
KW  -  masking
A1  - Arnold, Samuel Rc
A1  - Higgins, Julianne M
A1  - Weise, Janelle
A1  - Desai, Aishani
A1  - Pellicano, Elizabeth
A1  - Trollor, Julian N
JF  - Autism
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221147410
PB  - SAGE Publications
ID  - discovery10163509
N2  - Autistic burnout is something autistic people have been talking about for a while (see #AutBurnout and #AutisticBurnout on social media). Recently, researchers published two different definitions of autistic burnout. We wanted to test these definitions. We wanted to confirm the duration and frequency of autistic burnout. That is, how long and how often do people get autistic burnout? We surveyed 141 autistic adults who had autistic burnout. We used descriptive statistics, content analysis and reflexive thematic analysis to analyse the survey responses. Autistic adults strongly agreed with the definition published by Higgins et al. How long and how often people get autistic burnout was not clear. Participants told us they have both short and long episodes. Participants told us that autistic burnout leads to exhaustion. They needed to withdraw from being with other people. They needed to stay away from autism unfriendly places. Many had been misdiagnosed as having depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder or other conditions. We need increased awareness of autistic burnout. Autistic people need more help. More research is needed, we need to have bigger studies to understand autistic burnout.
ER  -