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Autistic Pain Differences

When Doctors Can’t See What We Feel

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David Gray-Hammond
Oct 21, 2025
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Autistic people often live in bodies that speak a different language, one that healthcare systems rarely bother to learn. Pain, perhaps the most fundamental signal of distress the body can send, is one of the most deeply misunderstood aspects of Autistic experience. For many of us, the way we feel, interpret, and express pain doesn’t align with what pro…

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