Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Understanding

Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Understanding Life Experiences from Early Childhood to Old Age

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.
Country USA
Manufacturer Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-05-28
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-05-28
Format	Kindle eBook

Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Understanding Life Experiences from Early Childhood to Old Age