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What is Executive Function?

Posted by: alisrowe, November 11, 2019

Executive function is the set of mental skills that helps people get things done, such as planning, working memory, organisation and how to manage the steps of a task. Autistic people tend to have weak executive function and struggle with these mental skills.

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