Inertia - Revision history

Vozcoe at 17:45, 4 October 2022

2022-10-04T17:45:09Z

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	An example of how autistic inertia can feel: Picture yourself lying in bed, scrolling through your phone. You think to yourself, "I'd like to get up now." You don't. You're getting hungry. You think, "I'd REALLY like to get up now. I want lunch. I'm going to get up now and get myself lunch." Nothing happens. "No, really, self, I'm getting up, I want to eat, come on please can we just move!!" You don't move. You keep scrolling through your phone.		An example of how autistic inertia can feel: Picture yourself lying in bed, scrolling through your phone. You think to yourself, "I'd like to get up now." You don't. You're getting hungry. You think, "I'd REALLY like to get up now. I want lunch. I'm going to get up now and get myself lunch." Nothing happens. "No, really, self, I'm getting up, I want to eat, come on please can we just move!!" You don't move. You keep scrolling through your phone.

			A journal article about autistic inertia: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353220403_No_Way_Out_Except_From_External_Intervention_First-Hand_Accounts_of_Autistic_Inertia

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	'''Autistic inertia''', or simply inertia, is a term that describes difficulties in starting or switching tasks. It can be related to movement difficulties or [[Executive dysfunction\|executive dysfunction]].		'''Autistic inertia''', or simply inertia, is a term that describes difficulties in starting or switching tasks. It can be related to movement difficulties or [[Executive dysfunction\|executive dysfunction]].

			An example of how autistic inertia can feel: Picture yourself lying in bed, scrolling through your phone. You think to yourself, "I'd like to get up now." You don't. You're getting hungry. You think, "I'd REALLY like to get up now. I want lunch. I'm going to get up now and get myself lunch." Nothing happens. "No, really, self, I'm getting up, I want to eat, come on please can we just move!!" You don't move. You keep scrolling through your phone.

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	Autistic ~~Inertia~~, or simply inertia, is ~~the~~ term ~~for the extreme difficulty~~ starting or switching tasks. It can be related to movement difficulties or executive dysfunction.		<blockquote>
			"An autist at rest stays at rest; an autist in motion stays in motion
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			'''Autistic inertia''', or simply inertia, is a term that describes difficulties in starting or switching tasks. It can be related to movement difficulties or [[Executive dysfunction\|executive dysfunction]].

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	{{~~Comment~~\|~~Maybe merge this into~~ [[Executive dysfunction]]~~, as a separate section somewhere? --[[User:Fochti\|Fochti]] ([[User talk:Fochti\|talk]]) 03:00, 24 August 2022 (UTC)~~}}		{{Redundant\|page=[[Executive dysfunction]]}}

	Autistic Inertia, or simply inertia, is the term for the extreme difficulty starting or switching tasks. It can be related to movement difficulties or executive dysfunction.		Autistic Inertia, or simply inertia, is the term for the extreme difficulty starting or switching tasks. It can be related to movement difficulties or executive dysfunction.

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	~~<blockquote style="background-color:pink">~~		{{Comment\|Maybe merge this into [[Executive dysfunction]], as a separate section somewhere? --[[User:Fochti\|Fochti]] ([[User talk:Fochti\|talk]]) 03:00, 24 August 2022 (UTC)}}
	Maybe merge this into [[Executive dysfunction]], as a separate section somewhere? --[[User:Fochti\|Fochti]] ([[User talk:Fochti\|talk]]) 03:00, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
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	Autistic Inertia, or simply inertia, is the term for the extreme difficulty starting or switching tasks. It can be related to movement difficulties or executive dysfunction.		Autistic Inertia, or simply inertia, is the term for the extreme difficulty starting or switching tasks. It can be related to movement difficulties or executive dysfunction.

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	Maybe merge this into [[Executive dysfunction]], as a separate section somewhere?		Maybe merge this into [[Executive dysfunction]], as a separate section somewhere? --[[User:Fochti\|Fochti]] ([[User talk:Fochti\|talk]]) 03:00, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
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	Autistic Inertia, or simply inertia, is the term for the extreme difficulty starting or switching tasks. It can be related to movement difficulties or executive dysfunction.		Autistic Inertia, or simply inertia, is the term for the extreme difficulty starting or switching tasks. It can be related to movement difficulties or executive dysfunction.

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			Maybe merge this into [[Executive dysfunction]], as a separate section somewhere?
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	Autistic Inertia, or simply inertia, is the term for the extreme difficulty starting or switching tasks. It can be related to movement difficulties or executive dysfunction.		Autistic Inertia, or simply inertia, is the term for the extreme difficulty starting or switching tasks. It can be related to movement difficulties or executive dysfunction.

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	Autistic Inertia, or simply inertia, is the term for the extreme difficulty switching tasks.		Autistic Inertia, or simply inertia, is the term for the extreme difficulty starting or switching tasks. It can be related to movement difficulties or executive dysfunction.

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Autistic Inertia, or simply inertia, is the term for the extreme difficulty switching tasks.