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Autistic women and domestic abuse
Autistic adults and children are known to be at heightened risk of abuse. It is difficult to gauge the true prevalence of this sad reality but it is known that autistic people typically report higher instances of adverse life events than neurotypical people. When it comes to relational abuse, the reasons for this appear to…
Undiagnosed autism and trauma-the missing link
I often wonder how many people who are diagnosed late in life (like myself) are also deeply traumatised by adverse life experiences and by navigating a world they find challenging and confusing? At age 39, I have already collected a catalogue of psychiatric diagnoses and have spent years on powerful psychotropic drugs which I believe…
Autism and me
Being recently diagnosed as autistic has literally knocked me sideways. It explains so much but leaves so many more unanswered questions: “Why has nobody noticed this before now”? “How common is it for people to be diagnosed this late”? It also gives me a sense of calm and of a self validation that I never…
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Nurse on the Spectrum 