Recognizing Grief in Neurodivergent Minds

This Viewpoint discusses the trajectories of grief in neurodivergent individuals and how clinicians must assess changes from baseline rather than applying criteria without context and distinguish between grief-related functional decline and loss of adaptive support after a caregiver’s death.

Corresponding Author: Kerim M. Munir, MD, MPH, DSc, Developmental Medicine Center, Division of Developmental Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115 (kerim.munir@childrens.harvard.edu).

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