Autism, Girls and Keeping it All Inside

A Critical Training for Health and Social Care

This 2 hour virtual training is essential for health, mental health, and social care professionals who work with autistic young people and adults, particularly those whose autism presents internally or who have experienced late diagnosis.

Duration: 2 hours (with short break)
Format: Virtually with your team.
Price: £450 (no VAT) for up to 20 staff. Please contact us for pricing for higher numbers of attendees.
Scheduling: We are UK-based, and training will take place in UK time. We can accommodate UK evening training, but please contact us to confirm scheduling for international attendees.

Keeping It All Inside training for Health and Social Care Professionals

The Challenge in Care Settings

Autistic girls and gender-diverse young people are frequently diagnosed much later than boys, often only when their deep-rooted masking strategies collapse, typically during periods of major life change (like adolescence or transitioning to adult services). The internal presentation of autism in those who have been missed – characterised by intense anxiety, sensory pain, and emotional exhaustion – is frequently misread as purely anxiety, depression, or an eating disorder. This misinterpretation leads to inappropriate or ineffective support, delayed validation, and a significantly increased risk of autistic burnout and mental health crises later in life.

This training shifts the focus from external behaviour to internal distress, equipping your team to spot the subtle, yet critical, signs of an internal autism profile and provide timely, neuro-affirmative support.

Key Learning Outcomes

This compact, high-impact session will help your team:

Identify the Internal Presentation: Understand why autistic women and girls are often missed in clinical and care settings and learn the signs of autism that manifest internally.
Understand Masking and Burnout: Grasp the concept of autistic masking (camouflaging) and its long-term psychological cost, leading to chronic fatigue and autistic burnout.
Decipher Internal Distress: Build knowledge of key autistic profile aspects, such as interoceptive issues (difficulty sensing internal body states) and alexithymia (difficulty identifying emotions). Both are major drivers of anxiety and communication breakdown.
Address Gender and Identity: Understand how gender identity and expression may be uniquely experienced by autistic young people and ensure your support is fully inclusive.
Provide Neuro-Affirmative Support: Build knowledge of neurodiversity from a difference, not deficit perspective, ensuring your team validates needs rather than dismissing them as “just anxiety.”