Autistic Perseveration: Why Do We Perseverate and What Should You Do About It?

Perseverative behavior is simply a repetitive behavior, an action that a person keeps repeating without meaning to. Some examples include saying the same words, moving in the same pattern, or even thinking the same unhelpful thought, long after whatever initially prompted the activity has passed. But what is driving this behavior, and why is it some common in autistic folks? That's what we're discussing today! See Show Notes for this episode here: https://neurodiverging.com/define-perseveration-in-autism/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices