Introduction

1. Introduction

2. Intermission on Consent


Part1: Beginnings

3. Being young, Autistic and LGBT+: Connections, influences, and identity negotiations.

4. Shifting paradigms in gender diverse Autistic research

5. The power of community-generated data for an epistemic shift in Autistic sexuality: from stigmatised to neuroaffirming sex


Part2: Evolving understandings: Naming the nameless so it can be thought

6. Autiqueer experiences of BDSM: Desire, communication, and terminology for BDSM practices

7. Autistic identity as a springboard into exploring queerness, embodiment, and relationality


Part3: Unlearning, relearning

8. "What we are taught to hide”: Kink as a way to explore your autistic self

9. Exploring Autistic Accounts of Sexuality, Intimacy, and Authenticity

10. And I Don’t Want You to Show Me: Resistance-Writing Autistic Love-Sexualities through Text Sharing Practices

11. Bearing Witness to Sexuality: Therapy and Education Groups for Autistic Adults

12. A Critical Look into the Working Alliance Between GSRD Autistic Individuals and Their Healthcare Providers

Conclusion

13. Conclusion