Two women were arrested and accused of beating and tasing an autistic woman in their care, and that woman was later found ...

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 ...

A large study from Massachusetts found that babies whose mothers had COVID-19 while pregnant were slightly more likely to ...

A recent study, "Exploring the Lived Experiences of Autistic Women: A Thematic Synthesis" (Gosling, Hartley, & Purrington, 2024), brings much-needed attention to the unique challenges faced by ...

If you spend an hour on any forum where autistic women show up to support each other and share their experiences, you’ll see one version or another of the same story. In this story, an autistic woman, ...

One 2022 study shows 80% of autistic people assigned female at birth remain undiagnosed at 18. A self-empowerment coach, a lawyer and a photographer tell their stories about how late autism diagnoses ...

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 ...

Mothers who had COVID during pregnancy are more likely to have children with developmental disorders, including autism, by ...

The article "Until I had my son, I did not realise that these characteristics could be due to autism: motherhood and family experiences of Spanish autistic mothers", signed by the lecturer and ...

DURHAM, North Carolina (WTVD) -- The Duke women's basketball team put on a clinic, and brought some smiles to young aspiring ballers on the autism spectrum. What was the best part? "When I met the ...

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