This 4-hour course will explore contemporary, non-pathologizing understandings of autism.

Topics covered will include:

● The social model of disability and the neurodiversity framework

● Common autistic traits and the subjective experience of autism

● The heterogeneity of autism and “multiple spectrums”

● Autism in women, people of color, and other “atypical” presentations

● The impact of masking and minority stress

● Differential diagnosis and co-occurring disorders

● Resources for autistic clients