Autism & Decision Making

We're going to take a look at how making decisions can be a different experience for autistic people versus non-autistic people. How do we tend to make decisions? Why do autistic people seem to make things harder than necessary? Why does it take us so long?! We're going to try to find out :) References/Further Reading: Luke, L., Clare, I. C. H., Ring, H., Redley, M., & Watson, P. (2011). Decision-making difficulties experienced by adults with autism spectrum conditions. Autism, 16(6), 612–621. doi:10.1177/1362361311415876  Terrett, G., Rendell, P. G., Raponi-Saunders, S., Henry, J. D., Bailey, P. E., & Altgassen, M. (2013). Episodic Future Thinking in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43(11), 2558–2568. doi:10.1007/s10803-013-1806-y https://www.google.com/search?q=heuri... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... https://molecularautism.biomedcentral... https://livingautism.com/decision-mak... MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/stephani... Become a channel member!:    / @stephaniebethany   Follow me on Instagram:   / stephanie_bethany   Follow me on Facebook:   / stephaniebethanyyt   Support my channel and become a Patron!:   / stephaniebethany   Sensory Tiles: https://cobyandbam.com/?ref=stephanie [be sure to use code stephanie783 at checkout for 20% off!] Please note that if you do buy through the link and use my code, I will receive a small commission at no cost to you. Thank you for supporting the channel!