Exciting New Book by a Colorado Springs Psychologist on Forbidden Love While Raising an Autistic Child


Posted February 2, 2026 by MariaLeonardOlsen

An exciting, raw new book by author and psychologist, Tanja Brown, has just been published. Her book chronicles navigating motherhood of an autistic child and a relationship with a man 26 years her junior, and what she learned along the way.

 
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, January 30, 2026 – Tanja Brown, behavior analyst and psychologist, released a groundbreaking memoir revealing the impact of her age-gap relationship with a man twenty-six years her junior, while raising an autistic child. Unapologetically honest and intimate, this book is not about defending choices, but provides a powerful example for women navigating midlife, caregiving, love and identity.

Brown is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst and Licensed School Psychologist. She is the mother of two, one of which is a daughter with autism spectrum disorder. She immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 20 from Soest Germany and is an entrepreneur and writer living in Colorado. She blends clinical insight with real-world experience and a women navigating midlife on her own terms. Flipping The Script: A Decade of Borrowed Time is her first major work of non-fiction.
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Last Updated February 2, 2026