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“What We are Taught to Hide”: Kink as a Way to Explore Your Autistic Self
Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Social Work.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7257-0956
2024 (English)In: Exploring Autistic Sexualities, Relationality, and Genders: Living Under a Double Rainbow / [ed] Hanna Bertilsdotter Rosqvist; Anna Day; Meaghan Krazinski, Abingdon: Taylor & Francis, 2024, p. 121-139Chapter in book (Other academic)
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This chapter underscores the significance of establishing safer spaces for exploring autistic bodies, desires, and sensory experiences. Unlike conventional sexual education for autistic people, which often oversimplifies neurotypical information, this chapter adopts a sex-positive and neurodiversity-affirming approach. Drawing from interviews and surveys with autistic people in Sweden engaged in kink practices, the results delve into the interplay of autism and sensory pleasures within the kink context. Participants sought balance in sensory input, exploring different intensities and degrees through stimming but also navigating in relation to risks of sensory overloads including meltdowns and shutdowns. Kink spaces were identified as supportive environments for sensory exploration and relaxation. Communication emerges as a central theme, with clear communication being a key draw to kink for participants. Kink settings were portrayed as potentially autistic-friendly spaces, allowing for diverse forms of intimacy and social interaction. The participants' stories showcased the joys of shared sensory experiences in neurodivergent spaces, emphasising the importance of ongoing self-discovery and understanding at the intersection of autism and kink. The chapter concludes by urging readers to engage in practical self-reflection and exploration and suggests the creation of personal checklists as a valuable tool for expressing and understanding individual needs within intimate settings.

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Abingdon: Taylor & Francis, 2024. p. 121-139
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-55837DOI: 10.4324/9781003440154-12Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85209978635ISBN: 9781003440154 (electronic)ISBN: 9781032576121 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-55837DiVA, id: diva2:1919987
Available from: 2024-12-10 Created: 2024-12-10 Last updated: 2025-03-04Bibliographically approved

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