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Sexual assault and neurodivergence

The Neurodivergent Woman

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Being an Autistic Woman Increases Your Risk of Sexual Assault

Being autistic and being queer increased your risk of negative sexual experiences or assault by three times compared to heterosexual autistic people. People who are not heterosexual or who are gender diverse are also more vulnerable to assault in general but that includes sexual assault. Some of the key signs of identifying an unsafe or predatory relationship or just an unsafe situation are things like power differentials, emotional or coercive manipulation and Monique and I will go through some of those things today.

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