‘Though the earth gives way’: An autoethnographic account of autistic grief

Through an autoethnographic account of my mother’s death, I reveal how grief and the desolation it brings autistic person is vastly different to neurotypical models (such as Kübler-Ross model) determining when, where was permitted feel emotions. Grief takes those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) a greater amount time work through, often resulting in periods meltdown shutdown (heightened anger fear) well unawareness emotion they are feeling. However, will also show parental death can be transformative, providing powerful reason persevere.