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Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Understanding Life Experi

ences from Early Childhood to Old Age
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The difference that being female makes to the diagnosis, life and experiences of a person with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has largely gone unresearched and unreported until recently. In this book Sarah Hendrickx has collected both academic research and personal stories about girls and women on the autism spectrum to present a picture of their feelings, thoughts and experiences at each stage of their lives. Outlining how autism presents differently and can hide itself in females and what the likely impact will be for them throughout their lifespan, the book looks at how females with ASD experience diagnosis, childhood, education, adolescence, friendships, sexuality, employment, pregnancy and parenting, and aging. It will provide invaluable guidance for the professionals who support these girls and women and it will offer women with autism a guiding light in interpreting and understanding their own life experiences through the experiences of others.
Acknowledgements. Foreword by Judith Gould. Preface. Introduction. 1. Women get Autism Too - Gender Differences in Autism: Research Review. 2. Considering ASD in Females - Getting a Diagnosis. 3. Infancy and Childhood. 4. Childhood Relationships - Friends and Other People. 5. Adolescence. 6. Education - Early Years, School and Beyond. 7. Discovering Autism as an Adult. 8. You Don't Look Autistic - Adult Characteristics and Looking 'Normal'. 9. Adult Relationships - Friends and Other People 10. Sexuality and Gender Identity 11. Personal Relationships. 12. Pregnancy and Parenting. 13. Health and Well-being. 14. Employment. 15. Ageing with Autism. 16. Ideal World - Support, Services and Utopia. References.
This book adds to our knowledge by providing an insightful, sensitive analysis of the pattern of behaviours in females from childhood through to old age... This book endorses my clinical experiences in working with females in the autism spectrum and validates the importance of diagnosis at any time in a person's life. Therefore I would highly recommend this book for all professionals involved in diagnosis and supporting girls and women in the autism spectrum.
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