First-Hand Accounts of Interoceptive Difficulties in Autistic Adults.

In this study, we analyzed texts of adults who self-identify as autistic describing their interoceptive challenges. Many individuals described limited awareness of hunger, satiation, or thirst, which contributed to eating disordered behavior in some instances. Others described limited awareness or difficulty understanding affective arousal, pain or illness, and difficulty differentiating benign body signals from signals that represent medical concerns. Findings from this study call for increased research attention on this topic, and a need for valid and objective measures for assessing interoception in ASD.
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Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - January 3, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Trevisan DA, Parker T, McPartland JC Tags: J Autism Dev Disord Source Type: research