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Health Equity, Cultural Competence, or Professional Roles and Boundaries CEs!
AuDHD in Love
Presented by: B Lourenco, MA, LMHC, Stacy Skowronski, PhD, LCSW, CST, and Hannah Tyer, MOTR/L
When: Friday, April 24th, 2026| 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 Health Equity, Cultural Competence, or Professional Roles and Boundaries CEs | $199.00
Course Description:
As people learn more about Autism and ADHD through lived experience and the Neurodiversity-Affirming movement, we see the layered influence on sexual and romantic relationships. Masking has a profound impact on the development of the “self” and the understanding of relationships, often leading to misunderstandings and confusion in all relational settings. Add in the nuances of differing sensory needs and ways of attending to stimuli, plus experiences of rejection sensitivity and demand avoidance, and the challenges pile up quickly. And we haven’t even talked about relational trauma yet!
Whether people share the same neurotype or not, the impact of neurodivergence is complex and layered. Using a multidisciplinary approach, this workshop is taught by three clinicians with a variety of expertise and experience and will explore how Autism and ADHD affect intra and interpersonal relationships, from platonic to romantic/sexual and everything in-between.
Key objectives
After this course, attendees will be able to:
- Define at least three ways the medical model of Autism and ADHD differ from the neurodiversity-affirming model
- Describe at least two ways that both ADHD and Autism can impact romantic/sexual relationships
- Explain the relational effects of the Double Empathy Problem and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
- Identify/understand common polarities in neurodivergent couples that impact connection
- Describe how differing sensory profiles can impact all types of relationships where people share space
- Identify at least two ways to help support healthy, neurodivergent-affirming relationships
Other topics covered:
- Attention and Focus
- Monotropism
- Differing Sensory Profiles
- Communication Challenges
- Differences in Emotional Expression
- Masking in relationships
- Masking in sexual encounters