Map of Monotropic Experiences

Panic Hills of Low Object Permanence

Stuck

Ridge, haze — drawn with shapes from the map builder, which you can use to draw your own.

In plain words

Out of sight, out of mind. Things, jobs and people you cannot see fall outside the attention tunnel. Then you remember, and it comes as a surprise.

Autistic children have difficulties with their understanding of: what’s here, what’s now, what is permanent, and so on.

Wenn Lawson — in their own words

What changes this

Making things visible. Out of sight really is out of mind here — for objects, for tasks, and for people — so open shelving, a visible list, a phone reminder or an app that keeps things in view, and a friend who does not read silence as rejection do more than any reminder to try harder.

Where it is on the map

Area 16 of twenty, printed on the map as Panic Hills of Low Object Permanence. It borders:

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