New: Re-Storying Autism, a self-paced course by Helen Edgar and David Gray-Hammond. Try the free lesson on monotropism, no sign-up needed.
Watch the free lesson · About the course · Positive Autistic Identity

Home

Get in touch

More Realms

Monotropic / Monotropism, Neuro-Affirming Glossary 2026 card, Autistic Realms shop picture

Neuro-Affirming Glossary 2026 card: Monotropic / Monotropism. Starting point. A neuro-affirming theory of Autism based on how attention and interests are spread (D. Murray, 1992; D. Murray et al., 2005). A monotropic person has a few highly aroused interests at any one time, so attention goes deep into one thing and switching is costly. Most Autistic people, and many ADHD people, resonate with the theory of monotropism (Garau et al., 2023; see Attention Tunnel, Polytropic / Polytropism). Shop preview with a small Autistic Realms watermark; the download has no watermark.

Monotropic / Monotropism – Glossary 2026 card

Name: Monotropic / Monotropism - Glossary 2026 card
SKU: 14573
Price: 2.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

Suggested: £2.00 (pay what you can)

One card from the Neuro-Affirming Glossary 2026: Monotropic / Monotropism, with its definition and symbol. Pay what you like, from £1.

Please note: the frame and the small Autistic Realms watermark are only on the shop picture. When you buy, you get the picture or file itself, clean, with no frame and no watermark.

Category: Glossary

Description
Reviews (0)

Description

Monotropic / Monotropism is one of the 222 words in the Neuro-Affirming Glossary of Key Words and Terms (2026 Edition). This card has the word, its short definition and its symbol, as a 1080 × 1080 PNG for screens, slides, handouts or social media. The card reads:

“A neuro-affirming theory of Autism based on how attention and interests are spread (D. Murray, 1992; D. Murray et al., 2005). A monotropic person has a few highly aroused interests at any one time, so attention goes deep into one thing and switching is costly. Most Autistic people, and many ADHD people, resonate with the theory of monotropism (Garau et al., 2023; see Attention Tunnel, Polytropic / Polytropism).”

Pay what you like for a single card, from £1 (suggested £2). If you would like every card, the Neuro-Affirming Glossary 2026 Bundle includes the e-book and the complete 222-card deck, with print files and A4 posters. All 222 words are also free to read on the Glossary page.

No watermark on your download. The small Autistic Realms watermark is only on the shop preview picture. The card you download is clean, with no watermark.

Instant download after checkout. Made in Canva. Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0: please credit Helen Edgar (Autistic Realms), share it unadapted and for non-commercial use only. Full terms are in my Terms and Conditions of Use.