During this episode, Mona is joined by her guest co-host Greg Fuqua for a great conversation about unidentified autism, awareness and understanding of autism, recognizing and normalizing autism, and the Generation Gap. Greg was also a guest on Season 4 of the podcast, so if you haven't listened to that episode please check it out. Other topics we discuss are: The change in prevalence rates and what it really means. How neurodiversity presents in different ways. Validating and understanding how people struggle. Recognizing traits in yourself when your child is diagnosed. Increase in stress may contribute to identifying autism. Secondary and tertiary clues of autism. Narcissism and control issues that may be related to "unidentified autism". Social disability model of autism. Awareness, education and self understanding are just the beginning. Relationship with self is critical. Understanding which of your "parts" are trying to protect you. Be aware of stress and capacity issues. Masking to be accepted. Understanding the internal autistic experience and how more traits show up "at home". Barriers to self-disclosure. Normalizing different wiring as a lens for understanding and growing. Misdiagnosis in women. Struggles with Theory of Mind. If you would like to contact Greg you can check out his website at: www.GregFuqua.com or contact him at www.LifeWorksDM.com. You can also check out his profile on Psychology Today. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ If you are interested in learning more about the support groups that Mona offers for neurotypical/non-autistic partners or neurodiverse couples, please send her a DM on Instagram @neurodiverse_love, an email at: [email protected]. or visit her website at: www.neurodiverselove.com Also, if you are interested in buying a deck of the Neurodiverse Love Conversation Cards, the digital deck is now available for $11. Click here to buy your deck today. Lastly, if you missed the Neurodiverse Love Conference you can still buy a ticket for $98 to listen to the 27 AMAZING pre-recorded conference sessions. Click here to buy your ticket today. Presentations will be available to watch until May 15, 2023 Thanks for being a part of the Neurodiverse Love Community!

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