Adult Autism

Many autistic people spend years, and sometimes decades, trying to hide their differences in order to fit into a world that was not designed with…

Interoception is often described as the body's "hidden sense" because it helps us recognise and interpret signals coming from within our bodies. It is the…

Many autistic people describe knowing that something feels wrong but struggling to identify exactly what they are feeling. They may recognise a sense of discomfort,…

For many autistic women, discovering they are autistic can be a life-changing experience. Whether diagnosis comes in childhood, adolescence, adulthood, or later life, it often…

If you are autistic, you may have found that change feels more difficult than it seems to for other people. You might cope well when…

Many autistic girls and women spend years feeling different without understanding why. Some receive diagnoses of anxiety, depression, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or personality…

Mental health difficulties are common within the autistic community. Although autism itself is not a mental health condition, autistic children, teenagers and adults experience significantly…

Many women only begin to consider that they may be autistic in their 40s and 50s.  They may have spent decades feeling different, struggling socially,…

Many women only begin to consider that they may be autistic in their 40s and 50s.  They may have spent decades feeling different, struggling socially,…