Your Needs Are Not "too Much" You Are Not "too Sensitive" You Are Processing The World In A Different

your needs are not "too much" you are not "too sensitive" you are processing the world in a different way than those around you!

do you like fish out of water stories because the protagonist is often marked by an unmarred sense of wonder and optimism, or do you like them because as an autistic person you relate to their struggles to adapt to a world of unspoken rules and expectations?

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Studies of autism tend to exclude women, researchers find

Most studies of autism enroll small numbers of women or exclude them altogether, according to a study from MIT. Researchers find a screening

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The researchers found that a screening test commonly used to determine eligibility for studies of autism consistently winnows out a much higher percentage of women than men, creating a “leaky pipeline” that results in severe underrepresentation of women in studies of autism.

This lack of representation makes it more difficult to develop useful interventions or provide accurate diagnoses for girls and women, the researchers say.