Sex on the Spectrum: Navigating Relationships, Dating, and Sexuality With Autism (4 CE Hours)
$160.00
Presented by: Suzannah Weiss
4 CE Hours
Saturday, March 14, 2026 | 2PM – 6PM EST
Live via Webinar (Zoom) or Available on demand via recording
AASECT Category: Human Sexuality Education, Section E
Course Description:
Learn how to support autistic individuals in enjoying sex and dating, working through sexual obstacles, resolving conflicts with partners, and more. Autistic people’s sensory sensitivities, different ways of processing social and emotional information, cognitive rigidity, and passionate interests may present challenges but can also be leveraged as assets in these areas. This course will cover how autistic people may approach sex and relationships differently from neurotypical people and what type of guidance can help them.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe how autistic people may approach sex and relationships differently
- Discuss ways that autistic people can leverage and enjoy these differences
- Discuss the information that is important to educate autistic clients about sex and relationships
- Discuss solutions for common conflicts autistic people experience with their partners
Activity Schedule:
(30 minutes): introduction to autism and neurodiversity
(30 minutes): How autistic traits can show up in the bedroom
(15 minutes): Communicating in the bedroom as/with an autistic person
(15 minutes): Kink as a tool to enhance sex for autistic people
(15 minutes): Autism and sexual trauma
(30 minutes): Meeting partners as an autistic person
(30 minutes): Working through common conflicts between autistic people and their partners
(30 minutes): Group activity: Discuss sample cases and propose interventions
(30 minutes): Participant Q&A
Presenter Bio:
Suzannah Weiss is a multi-certified sex educator, sex/love coach, sexual assault counselor, and sex/relationship writer with work published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and more. Diagnosed with autism at age 31, she works with people on the autism spectrum to bring their authentic selves to their relationships and sex lives.
Class originally recorded: 2/21/2025.
Social workers completing this course receive 4 clinical continuing education credits.
MSTI is an approved CE organizational provider for IBOSP, AASECT, and ASWB. Modern Sex Therapy Institutes is part of the Advanced Mental Health Training Institute. The Advanced Mental Health Training Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No.6901. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Advanced Mental Health Training Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
MSTI is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for Psychologists. The Modern Sex Therapy Institutes maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Modern Sex Therapy Institutes (MSTI), provider #1787, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: [1/7/22-1/7/26].
Attendees must attend the entire course and complete a course evaluation to be eligible for CE credit
For Live Courses: To obtain CE credits, attendees must attend the entire course and complete an evaluation to receive credit.
For asynchronous/recorded courses, Attendees must pass the multiple choice posttest with a minimum score of 80% in 3 attempts to be eligible for CE credit.
Certificates of completion can be downloaded immediately upon course completion.