Hormone-FULL not Hormonal Book
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Hormone-FULL not Hormonal Book

€29.95

HormoneFULL, Not Hormonal is a narrative-led handbook exploring the impact of hormonal transitions on Autistic AFAB people across the lifespan.

Grounded in the lived experiences of 101 Autistic AFAB adults, this book brings together verbatim reflections on puberty, menstruation, pregnancy and postpartum, perimenopause, and menopause — stages that are often poorly understood, minimised, or misattributed within both medical and mental health settings.

Rather than offering clinical instruction or prescriptive advice, HormoneFULL centres lived experience as valid knowledge. The voices within these pages speak honestly about sensory overwhelm, emotional volatility, masking collapse, burnout, identity destabilisation, and the profound ways hormonal shifts can interact with Autistic nervous systems.

This is not a diagnostic manual. It is a companion text — for Autistic people seeking recognition and language for their experiences, and for professionals, supporters, and loved ones who want to understand better and do better.

Threaded throughout the book are reflections and recommendations drawn directly from these lived experiences — offered not as rules or solutions, but as shared wisdom. These insights speak to what helps, what harms, and what Autistic people themselves say would make healthcare, support, relationships, and self-understanding more humane and responsive during times of hormonal change.

Written with care, integrity, and a neurodiversity-affirming lens, HormoneFULL offers validation, insight, and the reassurance that these experiences are not personal failings — but patterned, embodied realities that deserve understanding and support.

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What you can expect inside

This handbook is grounded in a qualitative study shaped entirely by lived experience.

I invited 101 Autistic and questioning AFAB adults to reflect on how hormonal transitions had affected them across the lifespan — including puberty, menstruation, pregnancy and postpartum, perimenopause, and menopause. Their responses were abundant, deeply personal, and richly detailed, and they form the foundation of this 160-page book.

In seeking research to support my clients, I was struck by how little existed on the interplay between hormones and the Autistic AFAB experience across different life stages. That gap prompted me to design and conduct a study that centred lived experience as the primary source of knowledge.

Inside the book, you’ll find:

  • Clear, lived-experience insight into how hormonal transitions can interact with Autistic nervous systems

  • Reflections on physical, emotional, sensory, cognitive, and relational changes across different life stages

  • Language for experiences that are often misunderstood, minimised, or misattributed

  • Contributor-led guidance on what support, accommodation, and understanding can look like during times of hormonal change — drawn directly from the narratives themselves

This book may be useful:

  • For Autistic AFAB people at any stage of the hormonal lifespan, from puberty to menopause

  • For those supporting Autistic loved ones through these transitions

  • For professionals seeking to understand the Autistic experience beyond deficit-based or purely medical frameworks

Throughout, lived experience is treated as valid knowledge. This is not a clinical manual, but a companion — offering recognition, clarity, and shared understanding.

The overriding message of this handbook is simple and necessary:
Autistic people are not failing at hormonal transitions.
Systems of care, understanding, and support have failed them.
And we need to do better.

Weight .5 kg
Dimensions 45 × 35 × 2 cm