Study Foundations

1. Introducing a new theory

I have a theory about autism and cPTSD...

I think unmet autistic needs cause cPTSD over time...

2. What is the relationship between autistic brains & cPTSD?

What is the relationship between autistic brains & cPTSD?—A decades old question and a unifying theory that could provide answers

Autism and cPTSD have a very complicated relationship…

3. A theory that moves beyond correlation and proposes a causal explanation

More on my theory of how autism directly leads to cPTSD over time...

The underlying root cause is unmet needs. That's the central concept of the entire theory.

Unmet needs.

So, the *causal chain* is all downstream from autistic UNMET needs.

Here's a simplified view of what it looks like...

4. How my unsupported autism led to a stress-induced heart event at age 34

Yesterday I shared my theory on how autism directly causes cPTSD...

Particularly, how autistic UNMET NEEDS cause cPTSD over time...

And by far the most asked question was... what unmet needs?

So, today I’m going to share how this causal chain from unmet need to cPTSD played out in my personal life to put the theory into concrete terms for those trying to figure out if it maps to their own lives and experiences.

5. What the world often gets wrong about autistic trauma and why

Let's talk some more about autism and trauma, because it's so much more than just... autistic people are more likely to experience trauma...

It's what our nervous systems internalize as trauma in the first place.

We are not talking about "big T, trauma" here.

We are talking about "little t" trauma.

Things like...

6. Autism & cPTSD—The unified theory

Organizing the existing science into a single, unified theory...

7. The bigger picture and where advocacy can take us as a community

The unsupported Autistic experience in a nutshell (as I see it).

It's a continuum that moves downward. (I call it the continuum of decline)...