“…increased risk for sexual or domestic abuse; Bargiela et al, 2016; Pecora et al, 2019; peripartum depression, feelings of social isolation in the postnatal period, or communication difficulties with perinatal health providers; Pohl, Crockford, Blakemore, Allison, & Baron-Cohen, 2020). Third, compared with autistic men, autistic women often report more unmet needs related to their mental health concerns, to vocational services and to reproductive health issues; Brugha et al, 2016; Dubreucq & Dubreucq, 2021; Taylor & DaWalt, 2020; Tint & Weiss, 2018). Aligning with this, autistic women are more likely to be undiagnosed or misdiagnosed than autistic men even in epidemiological studies (Brugha et al, 2016; Loomes, Hull, & Mandy, 2017).…”