1: How neurodivergent people experience pain
03 March 2026

1: How neurodivergent people experience pain

Airing Pain

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‘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.

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