S2 Ep1: How neurodivergent people experience pain

About this episode

This episode explores how neurodivergent individuals, particularly autistic people, experience pain differently and discusses the implications for treatment and communication.

‘if you’re treating people in pain, you’re treating autistic people in pain’ Do neurodivergent people experience pain differently? The simple answer – and the slightly more complicated one Why you, or your patients, aren’t recovering Building relationships across neurotypes Pain thresholds, pain anxiety, pain communication… With Dr David Moore, Reader in Pain Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University Thanks go to the British Pain Society – this interview was recorded at their 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting. Read Pain Matters 91 now.

People in this episode

Guest: Dr David Moore

Topics covered

• neurodivergent pain
• pain psychology
• autism
• pain communication
• pain recovery

Keywords

• pain thresholds
• pain anxiety
• neurotypes
• British Pain Society

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Products: Pain Matters 91

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