Meanings
nounsocial autopsy (plural social autopsies)
plural social autopsies
- educationThe situation where adults help an autistic child to understand what went wrong in a prior social interaction.
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social autopsy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20autopsy
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“social autopsy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20autopsy. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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