How often do you hear or read something around older autistic adults and our aging process? Not often I will bet. Thanks to Christine Jenkins and the Autistic Menopause research team not only is autistic aging coming to the foreground but so is Menopause.
Finally!!! There are so many of us who have been privately discussing where we are in this season of our lives going through perimenopause and how it impacts our sensory systems and even our experience of burnout.
Join me today to learn more about Autistic Menopause & Aging with co-author of Spectrum Women (2018) Christine Jenkins.
NEXT WEEK…. Sensory Systems, ADHD & Burnout with Bridget Fornaro.
Show Resources:
Join the Autistic Menopause Survey (now through June 1, 2023 at midnight EST)
https://carletonu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8IBerN9QSHkfkoK
Song, Defend Your Joy by The Echoing Green:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68z1Ar4_ZFo
GUEST Contact INFO:
Christine Jenkins has been an advocate for many years and most recently around issues related to late female diagnosis, gender bias, and autistic aging. Currently a community research associate at Carleton University, she is a co-author of the anthology Spectrum Women: Walking to the Beat of Autism (2018) and has presented in Canada and internationally. Jenkins has been a peer reviewer for the journal Autism in Adulthood and edits other books and articles. As she states, “Our aim is to help include autistic voices at every stage in true co-production of research.” Jenkins recently started a business, Christine Jenkins AUsome Consulting, at www.cjAUsome.ca.
Please visit: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6669-0125 for more publications by Christine.
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