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there have often been references to gendered differences in socialization, speculating that a greater emphasis on social niceties – on compliance and conformity – produced the ‘quieter’ form of autism allegedly more characteristic of autistic females. So much quieter, indeed, that it often fails to register as autism at all.
Gina Rippon • Off the Spectrum: Why the Science of Autism Has Failed Women and Girls
True Originality Comes From Disorder, Not Efficiency
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Given the extent of overlap between the conditions, the under-diagnosis of females who instead present with anxiety, depression or eating disorders, and the estimated prevalence of each condition, a reasonable estimate of all neurominorities within the population is around 15–20%, i.e. a significant minority.
Nancy Doyle • Neurodiversity at work: a biopsychosocial model and the impact on working adults
Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Understanding Life Experiences from Early Childhood to Old Age
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