Body in Motion

When I was little my grandpa would call me "Whirling Dervish." It's because I was always spinning around in circles: spinning in place in the yard, spinning while pacing, spinning in my seat, spinning through the air as I skipped. As time has gone on my age has changed and the nickname has lost its …

Task Initiation, Executive Functioning, and Autistic Inertia

Today I'd like to talk about something I've mentioned several times before but I feel deserves a blog post all on its own. I'd like to talk about why it is that many autistic people have trouble initiating new tasks, and also sometimes simply switching tasks. Task Initiation Task initiation is exactly what it sounds …