Misunderstood your whole life, ashamed, lost, lonely and struggling to cope? Exhausted from trying, but never quite managing, to fit in? Welcome to the Late Discovered Club, home to thousands of late discovered autistic women.
Late discovery can be life-changing - a lifetime of mysteries finally making sense. But there can also be a deep accompanying sense of grief. This is a book about coming home to yourself.
Part memoir, part guide, part narrative non-fiction - this book weaves Catherine Asta''s deeply personal late discovery story with the lived experiences of over 100 autistic women spanning seven decades, while offering therapeutic insight, practical tools, and a powerful cultural critique of the systems that continue to overlook autistic women.
Catherine''s empathetic guidance supports you advocate for yourself with a greater degree of self-awareness. With chapters on everything from masking, mental health, meltdowns, and menopause, to burnout, sensory processing, emotions, relationships, and work - it helps you to nurture your strengths as an autistic woman.
Most importantly, it shows you that you are not alone.