Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum (Second Edition): Understanding Life Experiences from Early Childhood to Old Age
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Comprehensive overview of autism in females with lived experience accounts and latest research.
The difference that being female makes to the diagnosis, life and experiences of an autistic person is hugely significant. In this widely expanded second edition, Sarah Hendrickx combines the latest research with personal stories from girls and women on the autism spectrum to present a picture of their feelings, thoughts and experiences at each stage of their lives.
Outlining the likely impact will be for autistic women and girls throughout their lifespan, Hendrickx surveys everything from diagnosis, childhood, education, adolescence, friendships and sexuality, to employment, pregnancy, parenting, and aging.
With up-to-date content on masking, diagnosis later in life, and a new focus on trans and non-binary voices, as well as a deeper dive into specific health and wellbeing implications including menopause, PCOS, Hypermobility/Ehlers-Danlos, autistic burnout, and alexithymia, this is an invaluable companion for professionals, as well as a guiding light for women with autism to understand and interpret their own experience in context.
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Chris and cats –
Great book for an autistic mother with an autistic daughter
The author really hits all the stages of my life to the point that it was eery. What I was not expecting, were the late chapters where the medical comorbidities that have recently been found tied to autism in recent medical research were mentioned. It’s my medical grocery list! PCOS, PMDD, prenatal and postpartum depression, IBS, increased hormone sensitivities and so on. She really hits all aspects. She also has solid book recommendations within her book which I love for deeper dives into others’ work. I appreciated learning about young girl traits since my young daughter and I have these traits in common.