“Labels Do Not Describe Me” Gender Identity Among Women on the Autism Spectrum

• By: Eva Mendes, MA, LMHC Hillary Hurst Bush, PhD
• October 1st, 2016
• diagnosis, female, gender, gender identity, sexuality, women and girls
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A large number of women with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are currently undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. In the United States, for every four males diagnosed with ASD, only one female is diagnosed (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012). While there is likely to be a true sex difference in...