Info dumping (or infodumping) is a type of communication that autistic people do. Also referred to as monologuing, it involves an autistic person talking excessively and in detail about a topic involving their interests and passions. It feels like a natural way to communicate because of its directness and focus on facts and logic. Erika Sanborne, autistic educator and researcher,…| Autism Awareness
The term “flow” was first introduced in 1990 by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Csikszentmihalyi described it as “the experience of complete absorption in the present moment” (Nakamura and Csikszentmihalyi, 2009). Flow describes a mental state during which an individual is fully absorbed in what they are doing, losing awareness of time and feeling intrinsically motivated by the activity itself. Although flow…| Autism Awareness