Understanding Autistic Adults

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Part I: Professional Pathways for Autistic Adults

1 Autistic Doctors

2 Autistic Therapists

3 Autistic Musicians

4 Autistic Teachers

5 Other Professional Arenas Where Autistics May Be Found

Part II: Challenges in the Lives of Autistic Adults

6 Autism and Eating Disorders

7 Autism and Gender Diversity

8 Klinefelter Syndrome and Autism

9 Autistics in the Sex Industry

10 Autism and Dissociative Disorders

11 Autistics Who Seem to be "Stuck"

Part III: Broader Theoretical Perspectives

12 Autistics Misdiagnosed with Wrong Diagnoses

13 The Disrupted Integration between Primary and Secondary Processes in Autistic Thinking

14 A Proposed Matrix for the Categorization of Autistic People

15 Endnote: Ways to Assist Autistic Adults

References

Index

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