Female Autism Phenotype – The Other Autism

Cat is an Australia-based, late-identified autistic individual who suddenly lost the ability to mask following the death of her baby.

Since so much content about autism is negative or focused on the difficulties and challenges, I wanted to talk about some of the good things!

You were just diagnosed as autistic. What now? Here are some issues commonly experienced by newly diagnosed autistic women.

What language do most folks on the spectrum prefer? Identity first (autistic person) or person first (person with autism)?

Many autistic women are not diagnosed until adulthood, often following wrong diagnoses, burnout, and sometimes multiple suicide attempts.

A checklist of 5 things that could help identify autism in adult women and those who identify as female or gender fluid.

Why do so many autistic people try to hide their autism and why are female autistic individuals so good at it?

Before being diagnosed as autistic, many women go decades with the wrong diagnoses.

The latest statistics about undiagnosed autism in a helpful infographic.

Here’s the real reason why women and girls fail to get diagnosed with autism.

The Other Autism