The challenging journey to female autism diagnosis
Many autistic women are not diagnosed until adulthood, often following wrong diagnoses, burnout, and sometimes multiple suicide attempts.
Common tool for diagnosing autism only identifies 1 in 5 autistic children
This finding challenges universal autism screening in toddlers, suggests many autistic children are not being diagnosed.
Common misdiagnoses given to undiagnosed autistic women
Before being diagnosed as autistic, many women go decades with the wrong diagnoses.