Regardless of whether autistic women actually experience more major stressors across the life course, the fact that they perceive some stressors as more severe would have highly significant implications for their health and wellbeing given evidence showing that it is the perception of stressor severity that matters most for health ( Slavich, 2020 , 2022 ; Slavich, Roos, et al., 2023 ).
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Lifetime stressor exposure is related to suicidality in autistic adults: A multinational study.
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