Question: What happens to autistic people if they don't sleep ? What will happen to there brain ?

Hayley Moulding answered on 16 Mar 2016:

Great question. This is exactly what we want to do in my study! This is what I want to find out more about!! A lot could happen unfortunately. There could be major changes to their behaviours, their communication and their ability to socialise with people. There could be major changes on how they perform at school and how they are at home. Not much short term will happen to their brain, but if it is a long term problem which we don’t fix then there could be some changes. Emotions could be impacted too unfortunately. Thank you for your question, it is very good.