“Autistic” women are women first, and there’s a lot they can teach us about both sensitivity and empathy.
Join me for this episode of NeuroDivergent Relationships as I dive into a story about one of my patients, and detail her experience of what it’s like to be an “Autistic” woman.
Want to skip ahead? Episode Highlights
1:05 Autistic women: the lessons they can teach us about sensitivity and empathy
7:32 Autistic women still want what most women want
7:59 The Autistic woman is defiant
9:15 “Feel too much too intensely”
13:39 Her pain is the center of her response, and needs to be acknowledged as real
14:05 The Autistic woman feels like an imposter
19:42 Most “Autistic” people learn to mask early on in their life
22:24 Waiting for me to love them unconditionally
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