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Psychosexual Wellbeing in Autistic Women: Identity, Intimacy and Authentic Connection

Psychosexual wellbeing is rarely discussed when it comes to Autistic women. Historically, autism research and diagnostic frameworks have largely been based on male presentations, leaving many Autistic women unseen, misunderstood, or diagnosed much later in life. Conversations about autism have often centered deficits, behaviours, and social difficulties, while sexuality has frequently been ignored altogether or […]

The Risk of Calling Ourselves “Neuroaffirming” Without Truly Understanding Neurodivergence

I think we need to start having more honest conversations about what neuroaffirming care actually is and what it is not. Recently, I’ve noticed an increasing number of neurodivergent clients arriving in my practice after working with therapists who identified themselves as neuroaffirming, yet leaving those therapeutic relationships feeling more confused, ashamed, burned out or […]

Why Everything Feels Harder Now (And It’s Not Just Hormones)

By Michelle Labine, PhD April 15, 2026 Why Everything Feels Harder Now (And It’s Not Just Hormones) There is a point many late-diagnosed Autistic women reach where things stop working in the way they always have and it doesn’t happen all at once, and it doesn’t look dramatic from the outside, but internally there is […]