As diagnoses among the Black community continue to rise, Mattel has released a new Barbie celebrating autism. There’s a new ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), also known as autism, often goes unnoticed in women. ASD used to be considered a predominantly male issue, but recent research indicates that there are many women with ...

A new Barbie doll is making headlines for inclusiveness, and two women from the Tampa Bay area are helping lead the ...

These biases and shortcomings are the subject of “Off the Spectrum: Why the Science of Autism Has Failed Women and Girls,” a new book by brain imaging expert Gina Rippon. Rippon, professor emeritus of ...

TRADITIONALLY, women and gender-diverse people were less likely to be identified as autistic because they didn’t fit the stereotype of how autism “should” look. This generalisation was based on ...

In the feature film Please Stand By, Dakota Fanning portrays Wendy, a young woman with autism. Ms. Fanning – along with the director, writer and producer of the film – participated in a panel ...

So many women with autism struggle to accept themselves. Often, they see themselves as "too much"—yet at the same time, not enough. Like many other women with autism spectrum disorder, I learned from ...

Many of the autistic women I work with reject stereotypical gendered roles, a finding backed up by research. The issues that women with autism experience with regard to gender range from a loss of ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurological and developmental condition that can be diagnosed at any age, although the symptoms tend to appear in the first two years of a patient's life. ASD can ...

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