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Podcast: Today’s Autistic Moment: A Podcast for Autistic Adults by An Autistic Adult
Episode: Chronic Pain Management for Autistic Adults
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Erin Brandel Dykhuizen is a licensed social worker who specializes in helping Autistics to deal with Chronic Pain Management. Â Autistic people have very different responses to pain in large part due to our sensory processing disorders. Â Some Autistic Adults may be hypo-sensitive to pain in that they do not know how much pain they are actually in. Â Other Autistic Adults who are hypersensitive have pain that is so intense that managing day to day activities is almost impossible. Â There are many Autistic Adults who live with chronic pain...