What's Inside

This sleep diary from Autistic Twins Triplets and More (ATTM) is designed to track sleep patterns over a week. It includes sections for daily wake-up times, nap times, bedtimes, and any night waking, alongside total sleep hours and minutes. Additionally, it provides space to note sleep disruptors like changes in food, stress, sensory issues, or illness, and to rate the next day's mood.

Why It's Important

Many autistic people a have heightened prevalence of sleep disturbances, and in autistic multiples families, this can be even higher. This may be seen as difficulty falling asleep, frequent night awakenings, and altered sleep-wake cycles, which can significantly impact their (and your!) daily functioning, behavior, and overall well-being. Tracking sleep is the first step in identifying associations and triggers for disrupted sleep, allowing you to understand the sleep patterns of each twin and developing targeted interventions to improve sleep quality.

If you are part of an autistic multiples family, or care for autistic twins, triplets or quadruplets in a nursery or other caregiving situation, this sleep diary is for you!