Panic Hills of Low Object Permanence
Stuck
In plain words
Out of sight, out of mind. Things, jobs and people you cannot see can drop away. Then you remember, and it is a shock.
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, 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: