Women & Neuro-Diverse Relationships

​Val's Take/Conjecture

• ​Neurodivergent Therapist Louise Taylor:  "EMPATHY IS ABOUT THE EFFORT"
• Guess What:  IDIOSYNCRATIC PEOPLE TAKE MORE EFFORT

 

• ​KEY CONCEPTS are:
  • ​Bio-Energetics, and
  • Executive Functioning

 

• BUT we need to focus on STRENGTHS first for everyone if we're to have any hope of addressing idiosyncratic bio-energetics and executive functioning.

• BUT just focusing on STRENGTHS is not necessarily (probably won't) get us out of the woods.​ ​

• Ultimately we need a map of our own BIO-ENERGETICS and EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING so we can set those REALISTIC BOUNDARIES and other people will feel comfortable setting REALISTIC BOUNDARIES as well. ​​​

• Once everyone has REALISTIC BOUNDARIES (and most of us don't) ---- working together to create 3rd Alternatives becomes a lot easier and NO DEAL is always an option for anyone.

Julia Michaels
Issues

​​​Mark Hutton, M.A.
Listen At Your Own Risk:  Most Brutal Message to Neurotypical Wives  [& Husbands]

We are on the cusp of some much better treatments for Neuro-Developmental and Psychiatric Disorders.

Neuro-Developmental and Psychiatric  Disorders are being re-conceptualized in Immuno-Psychiatry.

​BUT --- Counselor Mark Hutton's advice is still relevant.

Dr. Louise Taylor
The Neuro-Divergent Therapist 

Neurodiversity and Empathy

Neurodiversity doesn't always look like what we think --- especially in women.

Further, these categories are not good categories --- we need those biomarkers and we're getting them.

​Miley Cyrus 
Flowers

​Neurodivergent Rebel --- Lyric Rivera
Why We NEED to Teach Boundaries & Consent to Autistic People

​Em Beihold 
​Numb Little Bug

​Mark Hutton, M.A.
The Typical Backstory of Cassandra Syndrome

​Val's Take:  I think it is telling that therapist Mark Hutton mentions "AUTO-IMMUNE DISORDERS" in the "NT Spouse" as a result of not getting her emotional needs met.

I think those "AUTO-IMMUNE DISORDERS" are another clue that "NT Spouse" may not be as neurotypical as we think.  ​

Shared molecular mechanisms and transdiagnostic potential of neurodevelopmental disorders and immune disorders (2024)

​Risk of Autoimmune Disease in Research-Identified Cases of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Longitudinal, Population-Based Birth Cohort Study (2024)

Conclusion: This study provides evidence from a longitudinal, population-based birth cohort for co-occurrence of ASD and autoimmune disorders.

Thus, children with ASD should be monitored for symptoms of autoimmune disease and appropriate workup initiated.