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On October 29th, 2025, we held a launch event for Understanding and Affirming Autistic Clients at the University of Lethbridge. Below is a transcript of the speech I gave to introduce the book alongside a recording. ------ Good afternoon everyone and thank you for choosing to spend your lunch with me to celebrate the launch of our book, Understanding and Affirming Autistic Clients: A Primer for Mental Health Professionals. Photo by Danica Ferris Not every book is “launched” i

Since 2022, I have had a steadily increasing number of verbally-fluent adult clients seek autism assessment. In fact, this has occurred with such regularity that I was able to, with support from my clinical agency, build and complete an entire post-doctoral residence around providing adult autism and ADHD assessment. A little about me: I’m a psychology professor, a researcher  focusing on cool things like autism and religion, and a psychological diagnostician. I am also autis

"And how's your job going? You're a psych...iatrist, right? Or psychologist? What is it? What's the difference?" I pulled the phone away...

I remember the first time I saw Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. I was 7 years old, sitting criss-cross applesauce in the...