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Hormonal Fluctuations and Women with Autism: A Call for Increased Awareness and Assessment
The topic of hormonal influences on women with autism has received scant attention from health care researchers. The responses to hormonal fluctuations and/or depletion of estrogen are varied and present challenges in health care prevention and promotion for some women with autism. Treatment...
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Mentors Over White Knights – How to Support Autistic Women for Success
Like many neurotypical girls, I spent a lot of time growing up either reading or watching fairy tales in books or television. What’s peculiar about women on the Autism Spectrum is that our advocates sometimes mimic those white knights in shining armor; Meaning that someone on our care team will...
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The Camouflage of Autistic Women
Women are diagnosed with autism 2-3 times less often than men. However, studies indicate that the number of unreported cases of autistic women is much higher than previously thought. Read here why women are so rarely diagnosed and why their daily work can be an immense psychological...
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On Being a “Unicorn”
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -Benjamin Franklin Usually writing comes easily to me. It’s one of the unexplainable gifts that comes with my autistic brain. I fully expected that I would sit down in front of the screen, access my...
