The word neurodiversity has travelled quickly. Once rooted in activist and academic spaces, it is now widely used across workplaces, universities, social media, and healthcare. It is often offered with good intentions — signalling inclusion, openness, and respect for difference. Yet for many autistic people, and people with ADHD or dyslexia, this language evokes mixed responses. In therapy, those mixed feelings matter.

The timing is intentional. After a cultural crescendo of romantic messaging, ASAW creates space to affirm a truth I witness regularly in therapy: a meaningful life is not contingent on romantic love. As a therapist, this week is both professional and personal. Professional, because I support clients across the aromantic spectrum. Personal, because I have seen the quiet relief that comes when someone finally hears: “There is nothing wrong with you.”