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28 Mar 2010, 6:35 pm

Neuro-physiological interruption was a term first coined in 1995 by Leonora Gregory-Collura to better explain meltdowns.
I thought that maybe some people would prefer the term seeing how the media is twisting the real meaning of a meltdown - there was a thread posted about it a few weeks ago.

Here is a video of young autistic people describing their NPI's.
http://www.autisticoptions.com/articles.php

I think I'd still use the word meltdown among the autistic community but in my blogs might start calling them neuro-physiological interruption (NPI).


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28 Mar 2010, 6:39 pm

looks interesting


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28 Mar 2010, 7:03 pm

It's a very accurate name, it describes exactly how it feels, like someone turned off the switch



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29 Mar 2010, 7:18 pm

Thank You Pensieve. I prefer the use of Neuro- Physiological Interruption, NPI over meltdowns.