Throughout her life, a woman experiences many physical changes that bring about a new way of feeling and living. Traditionally, menopause has been interpreted as a disability, and its difficulties have been emphasized, but there is another way to experience this change and welcome this new stage. Integrating the passage of time as an inevitable factor helps us value what we have. And we have bodies that have lived long enough to reflect on our experiences and apply them to the future.

Pregnancy and postpartum have been culturally associated with a time of complete happiness, but evidence shows that pregnancy and postpartum are not protective of mental health; rather, they represent a period of heightened vulnerability. The social pressure to be happy during this time of life is immense, and this can lead many women to suffer from postpartum depression in silence.

The lack of detection and identification of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) prevents girls and women within the spectrum from receiving therapeutic, educational, employment, social and family support, and this generates cumulative distress throughout the different life stages, increasing the risk of presenting comorbidities with problems of anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicidal behavior, among other difficulties.