Understanding the Challenges in Traditional Therapy for Autistic Individuals
The Impact of Diagnostic Language on Therapy Psychotherapy and counselling have historically centred on non-autistic experiences. Bolton (2022) describes how the field has used a neuronormative frame that subtly positions autistic experiences as something to be corrected or reduced, rather than understood. Even approaches considered non-pathologising, such as person-centred therapy, have often relied on medicalised […]