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The Autists: women on the spectrum
This ‘outsider’ theme has come up time and again in the conversations I have had with autistic people over the years, females in particular.
Gina Rippon • Off the Spectrum: Why the Science of Autism Has Failed Women and Girls
a non-binary ‘other’ identity. Possibly linked to this were findings that autistic females had lower gender identification and/or lower self-esteem linked to their gender than autistic males (and also than typically developing females and males).59 We should note that measures of nonconformity or low levels of gender identification in girls could
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Why do girls (afab) more often go undiagnosed, or are diagnosed later on average, than their male counterparts?
One widely agreed upon reason is that there tends to be a notable difference in how females present autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and other neurodivergences.
Differences that diagnostic... See more
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