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How to find therapy that affirms rather than erases your autism

My therapist keeps trying to fix my autistic traits instead of helping me accept them and I don't know how to explain that I don't want to be neurotypical, I just want to be okay being me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The medical model's focus on deficit correction can retraumatize neurodivergent people seeking genuine healing and self-acceptance.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Belonging for neurodivergent people?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.