[Kirstie Wood]

I notice this thread is many years old but there are some thoughts I’d like to add.
– Autism is hereditary.
– Women are often formally diagnosed late in life, if at all. Currently the adult wait for diagnosis is 24 month in my area!
– It often takes the woman’s child’s diagnosis for her to realise that she has been going through the same experiences as her child for decades.
– Hypermobilty is common with Autism, as is ADHD and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. If the latter then the woman would not only have difficulty communicating pain but may very well have lack of pain relief as local anaesthetic resistance is also not unusual.
– Sensory processing disorder is also common.

There are reasons I’m posting this as so much store is taken in post natal mental health, that the woman’s normal life challenges due to Autism/ADHD and EDS are misunderstood and used against her in a derogatory manner.

Autistic people are often very intelligent and very much bullied because they are not understood and rather making the effort to understand them (which is actually a health professionals duty) they are instead judged. There is a huge lack of compassion and empathy afforded to Autistic people. That in itself causes both mental trauma and anxiety, which there is no excuse for.

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