Slide presentation narrated by me of the principles of co-production of research. Click here to view:

https://mediaspace.carleton.ca/media/Research+Brief+2+Autistic+Menopause+Phase+1/1_ttmlshgm

Christine Jenkins answers the following question on autism and ageing: “Now I’m in my fifties, I have a lot less energy, have trouble sleeping, and experience burnout much more often than I used to. Is this common in older autistic women?”

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.

Spectrum Women Magazine presents an interview with Dr William Mandy (Clinical Psychologist at University College London) speaking with SWM Correspondent Christine Jenkins about Autistic women, camouflaging, diagnostic tools specifically for women and the "gatekeepers" to obtaining a diagnosis.

Spectrum Women Magazine presents Dr William Mandy (Clinical Psychologist at University College London) speaking with SWM Correspondent Christine Jenkins on women and autistic diagnosis.

Spectrum Women Magazine (SWM) presents an interview with Dr. Isabelle Hénault (psychologist and sexologist) speaking with SWM Correspondent Christine Jenkins about autistic women and intimate relationships. Topics discussed are safety, consent, naivety, how to read the signals, and misreading

Christine Jenkins & Tara Connolly at CreativeMornings Ottawa, September 2020. Free events like this one are hosted every month in dozens of cities. Discover hundreds of talks from the world's creative community at https://creativemornings.com/talks