If you are autistic, you have likely heard of autistic burnout - it's widely talked about in autistic communities and on social media. Currently, autistic burnout is not formally defined in any diagnostic manuals - you cannot be diagnosed with autistic burnout by your doctor. However, it is a term which is frequently used by autistic people to describe a shared experience with a common set of symptoms.

A brief explainer of person-first versus identity-first language in relation to neurodivergence.