
ALT autistic trauma in school can look like: being excluded from group projects. eating lunch alone in the bathroom. never being invited to events. constantly feeling like an outsider. being targeted for bullying. feeling safer alone than with peers. dreading school. being picked last or left out. trying hard to fit in by still feeling rejected. being targeted for bullying.

ALT what autistic shutdown actually is: autistic shutdown happens when the nervous system has been overwhelmed for too long, and cannot keep going. instead of exploding outward, the body shuts down into a low-energy, protective state. a person in shutdown may: stop speaking. withdraw socially. feel frosen or numb. struggle to think or respond. THIS IS NOT A CHOICE. it's not manipulation. it's not "checking out." is the body trying to survive.




























