The Liminal Space: A Facilitated online Peer Circle for Autistic + AuDHD adults
LIM • uh • nul
Transitional. In-between. A position at both sides of a threshold.
My research found that autistic adults diagnosed later in life enter this liminal space after receiving their diagnosis (Longley et al., 2025). Old assumptions shift. Sense-making begins. A new sense of self starts to form.
"What now?"
When you're diagnosed later in life, there's often a period of recalibration — or at least, a desire to recalibrate. We're rewriting our own story with a new lens, and that process can feel isolating, even when we're surrounded by people who care about us.
We need spaces where we don't have to explain ourselves. Where we're not following an "intervention" or "treatment plan" or "skills development." Just being with others who share similar experiences — where a "me too" or "that also happened" can feel so affirming.
Why Peer Support?
While traditional support certainly has its place in post-diagnostic care, peer support offers something different:
Connection over correction.
Reflection over advice.
Presence over problem-solving.
A space where your experiences are valid, your questions don't need justification, and your way of processing the world is the starting point — not something to be fixed.
This is why I've created The Liminal Space, a peer support group specifically for late-diagnosed autistic and/or AuDHD adults.
Why The Liminal Space Exists
Only 40% of late-diagnosed autistic adults in the UK receive support post-diagnosis. — Wigham et al. (2022)
Most existing support focuses on:
Quick-fix tools
Coping strategies
Short, time-limited "interventions"
What's missing is:
Space for identity exploration
Space for sense-making with others who understand
Space for the in-between
That's why The Liminal Space exists.
What Does The Liminal Space Offer?
After receiving an autism diagnosis, you may feel:
You want to connect with other autistic people
Unresolved questions your diagnostic report didn't answer
A desire to become who you are, but unsure how
The Liminal Space is a research-informed peer circle for five autistic adults navigating life after diagnosis.
Before Becoming Comes Exploration
How do I make sense of this?
What does being autistic mean for me?
What do I want to do with this knowledge?
This is peer support that goes deeper — a professionally facilitated space where shared experience meets structured reflection.
What We'll Explore Together
Understand the impact of a later-in-life diagnosis
Make sense of what your report didn't explain
Explore YOUR autistic identity through dialogue with others
Define what post-diagnostic becoming could look like for you
Research-informed. Lived-experience centred. Peer-to-peer.
At the End of Our four Circles, You'll Have...
Clarity on your values and how to use them
Language to articulate your autistic identity
Practices to support ongoing self-reflection
Connection with others navigating the same liminal space post-diagnosis
Direction on your next steps forward
…and maybe some life long fellow Autistic / AuDHD friends!
Here’s what past attendees have said…..
“I benefitted so much from this group, especially the insights and connections I’ve gained. I came to appreciate my neurodivergence.”
“I really enjoyed the peer circle, I'd never been part of a peer support group before and I wasn't sure what I'd get out of it. But after every session I felt I'd learnt something. The act of sharing with a lovely, supportive group was very healing”