Books About Young Women, Women and Girls with Autism
- Ballou, Thomas, & daVanport: What Every Autistic Girl Wishes Her Parents Knew
- Bargiela & Standing: Camouflage: The Hidden Lives of Autistic Women
- Brown: The Aspie Girl’s Guide to Being Safe with Men: The Unwritten Safety Rules No-one is Telling You
- Bullivant: Working with Girls and Young Women with an Autism Spectrum Condition: A Practical Guide for Clinicians
- Carpenter: Girls and Autism
- Castelton: The Spectrum Girl's Survival Guide
- Childs: Autism Parenting an Autistic Teenage Girl: Teenagers with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Cohen: Six-Word Lessons on Female Asperger Syndrome: 100 Lessons to Understand and Support Girls and Women with Asperger's
- Cook & Garnett: Spectrum Women: Walking to the Beat of Autism
- Dachez: Invisible Differences: A Story of Aspergers, Adulting, and Living a Life in Full Color
- Duncan & Healy: Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome in Children: A Guide for Parents, Teachers and Other Professionals
- Dura-Vila: Me and My PDA: A Guide to Pathological Demand Avoidance for Young People
- Eaton: A Guide to Mental Health Issues in Girls and Young Women on the Autism Spectrum
- Ernsperger & Wendel: Girls Under the Umbrella of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Practical Solutions for Addressing Everyday Challenges
- Fidler & Christie: Collaborative Approaches to Learning for Pupils with PDA
- Hammerschmidt: Girls with Autism Becoming Women
- Hebron & Bond: Education and Girls on the Autism Spectrum: Developing an Integrated Approach
- Hendrickx: Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Understanding Life Experiences from Early Childhood to Old Age
- Honeybourne: Educating and Supporting Girls with Asperger’s and Autism
- Jurkevythz, Campbell, & Morgan: Spectrum Women―Autism and Parenting
- Kim: Nerdy, Shy, and Socially Inappropriate: A User Guide to an Asperger Life
- Lai, Ameis, & Szatmari: Young Women on the Autism Spectrum (Book Chapter)
- Lyons: 101 Tips for the Parents of Autistic Girls: Everything You Need to Know About Diagnosis, Doctors, Schools, Taxes, Vacations, Babysitters, Treatment, Food, and More
- Marshall: I am Aspien Woman: The Unique Characteristics, Traits and Gifts of Adult Females on the Autism Spectrum
- McKibbin: Life on the Spectrum: A Guide for Girls and Women
- Nerenberg: Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You
- Nichols, Moravcik, & Tetenbaum: Girls Growing Up on the Autism Spectrum: What Parents and Professionals Should Know About the Pre-Teen and Teenage Years
- O'Toole: Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of A Female Life on the Spectrum
- Riksman: Inner Riches: An Autistic Woman's Story of Love and Motherloss
- Riley-Hall: Parenting Girls on the Autism Spectrum: Overcoming the Challenges and Celebrating the Gift
- Rose: Peculiar Girl: Being Autistic in a Neurotypical Workplace
- Sherwin, Christie, & Fidler: Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome - My Daughter is Not Naughty
- Steward: The Independent Woman’s Handbook for Super Safe Living on the Autistic Spectrum
- Tierney & Burns: Behind the Mask: The Experience of Assessment, Diagnosis, and Living with Autism for Girls and Young Women (Book Chapter)
- Willey: Safety Skills for Asperger Women: How to Safe a Perfectly Good Female Life
- Belfast: Colors Beyond Clouds: A Journey Through the Social Life of a Girl on the Autism Spectrum
- Bulhak-Paterson: I am an Aspie Girl: A book for young girls with autism spectrum conditions
- Castellon: The Spectrum Girl's Survival Guide: How to Grow Up Awesome and Autistic
- Falconer: Beth and the Bracelets: follows a young girl with autism as she navigates a bad day, a meltdown and redemption
- Grant: From Here to Maternity: Pregnancy and Motherhood on the Autism Spectrum
- Hoopman: Lisa and the Lacemaker: An Asperger Adventure
- Miller: Women From Another Planet?: Our Lives in the Universe of Autism
- Mosca: The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin
- Moss: Middle School - The Stuff Nobody Tells You About: A Teenage Girl with ASD Shares Her Experiences
- O’Toole: Sisterhood of the Spectrum: An Asperger Chick’s Guide to Life
- Preuss-Goudreault: May I Be Excused, My Brain is Full: Olivia’s Asperger’s Story
- Simone: Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome
- Steward: The Autism-Friendly Guide to Periods--Book
- The Students of Limpsfield Grange School and Vicky Martin: M is for Autism
- The Students of Limpsfield Grange School and Vicky Martin: M in the Middle: Secret Crushes, Mega-Colossal Anxiety and the People’s Republic of Autism
- Forgan & Richey: Raising Girls with ADHD: Secrets for Parenting Healthy, Happy Daughters
- Kessler: ADHD According to Zoë: The Real Deal on Relationships, Finding Your Focus, and Finding Your Keys
- Manor & Po: Ellie: The ADHD SuperGirl: ADHD Book for Children
- Matlen: The Queen of Distraction: How Women with ADHD Can Conquer Chaos, Find Focus, and Get More Done
- Matlen: Survival Tips for Women with AD/HD: Beyond Piles, Palms & Stickers
- Nadeau, Littman, & Quinn: Understanding Girls with ADHD, Updated and Revised: How They Feel and Why They Do What They Do
- Nadeau & Quinn: Understanding Women with AD/HD
- Quinn: 100 Questions & Answers About Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Women and Girls
- Quinn: Attention, Girls!: A Guide to Learn All about Your AD/HD
- Solden: Women with Attention Deficit Disorder 2nd (second) edition
- Solden & Frank: A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD: Embrace Neurodiversity, Live Boldly, and Break Through Barriers
- Thomas & Thomas: It's Just Me & My ADHD: Life Through the Eyes of a 10 Year Old Girl
- Walker: The Girls' Guide To AD/HD: Don't Lose This Book!
- Angel: The Definitive Guide to Girls with Aspergers
- Arky: Why Many Autistic Girls Are Overlooked
- Hobbs: Signs of Autism in Girls
- Huerta: The Social Needs of Women on the Autism Spectrum
- Kawaii: Females in Neurodiversity
- Lacroix & Cazalis: The women who don’t know they’re autistic
- Mandavalli: The Lost Girls
- Marshall: The Neurodiversity of Autism and Asperger Syndrome in Females
- Nasen: Girls and Autism: Flying Under the Radar
- Nichols: A Girl’s-Eye View: Detecting and Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder in Females
- Osborn: Understanding Autism in Women
- O’Toole: Pink on the Spectrum
- Rudy: 11 Signs of Autism in Girls
- Russo: The costs of camouflaging autism
- Sarris: ARE GIRLS WITH AUTISM HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT?
- Szalavitz: Autism—It’s Different in Girls
- Volkers: Invisible Girls: Is autism being overlooked in girls because the signs are much clearer in boys? A growing body of research says yes
- Wutkiewicz: Asperger and Autism Spectrum: Women and Girls
- Baker: INVISIBLE AT THE END OF THE SPECTRUM: SHADOWS, RESIDUES, ‘BAP’, AND THE FEMALE ASPERGERS EXPERIENCE
- Bargiela, Steward, & Mandy: The Experiences of Late-diagnosed Women with Autism Spectrum Conditions: An Investigation of the Female Autism Phenotype
- Begeer, Mandell, Wijnker-Holmes, Venderbosch, Rem, Stekelenburg, & Koot: Sex Differences in the Timing of Identification Among Children and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Cridland, Jones, Caputi, & Magee: Being a girl in a boys' world: Investigating the experiences of girls with autism spectrum disorders during adolescence
- Evans-Williams & Williams: Diagnosing/Recognising High Functioning Autism in Adult Females: Challenging Stereotypes
- Ferri, Abel, & Brodkin: Sex Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Review
- Frazier, Georgiades, Bishop, Hardan: Behavioral and Cognitive Characteristics of Females and Males With Autism in the Simons Simplex Collection
- Giarelli, Wiggins, Rice, Levy, Kirby, Pinto-Martin, & Mandell: Sex differences in the evaluation and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders among children
- Grove, Hoekstra, Wierda, & Begeer: Exploring sex differences in autistic traits: A factor analytic study of adults with autism
- Halladay, Bishop, Constantino, Daniels, Koenig, Palmer, Messinger, Pelphrey, Sanders, Singer, Tayler, & Szatmari: Sex and gender differences in autism spectrum disorder: summarizing evidence gaps and identifying emerging areas of priority
- Haney: Autism, females, and the DSM-5: Gender bias in autism diagnosis
- Harrop, Gulsrud, & Kasari: Does Gender Moderate Core Deficits in ASD? An Investigation into Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors in Girls and Boys with ASD
- Hazlett: Engendering Autism: Gender and Sensory Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Hull & Mundy: Protective Effect or Missed Diagnosis? Females with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Hull, Petrides, Allison, Smith, Baron-Cohen, Lai, & Mandy: “Putting on My Best Normal”: Social Camouflaging in Adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions
- Kirkovski, Enticott, & Fitzgerald: A Review of the Role of Female Gender in Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Kok, Groen, Becke, Fuermaier, & Tucha: Self-Reported Empathy in Adult Women with Autism Spectrum Disorders – A Systematic Mini Review
- Lai, Baron-Cohen, & Buxbaum: Understanding autism in the light of sex/gender
- Lai, Lombardo, Auyeung, Chakrabarti, Baron-Cohen: Sex/Gender Differences and Autism: Setting the Scene for Future Research
- Lai, Lombardo, Ruigrok, Chakrabarti, Auyeung, Szatmari, Happe, Baron-Cohen, & MRC AIMS Consortium: Quantifying and exploring camouflaging in men and women with autism
- Lawson: Women & Girls on the Autism Spectrum: A Profile
- Little, Wallisch, Salley, & Jamison: Short Report: Do early caregiver concerns differentiate girls with Autism Spectrum Disorders?
- Mandic-Marvic, Pejovic-Milovancevic, Mitkovic-Voncina, Kostic, Aleksic-Hil, Radosavljev-Kircanski, Mincic, & Lecic-Tosevski: Sex Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Does Sex Moderate the Pathway from Clinical Symptoms to Adaptive Behavior?
- Mandy & Lai: Towards sex- and gender-informed autism research
- Mandy & Tchanturia: Do women with eating disorders who have social and flexibility difficulties really have autism? A case series
- Moyse & Porter: The experience of the hidden curriculum for autistic girls at mainstream primary schools
- Murray, Allison, Smith, Baron-Cohen, Booth, & Auyeung: Investigating Diagnostic Bias in Autism Spectrum Conditions: An Item Response Theory Analysis of Sex Bias in the AQ-10
- Nguyen & Ronald: How do Girls with Low Functioning Autism Compare to Boys with Autism and Typically Developing Girls with regard to Behavior, Cognition, and Psychopathology?
- Parish-Morris, et al.: Linguistic camouflage in girls with autism spectrum disorder
- Rabbitte, Prendeville, & Kinsella: Parents’ experiences of the diagnostic process for girls with autism spectrum disorder in Ireland: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
- Reinhardt, Wetherby, & Schatscheider: Examination of Sex Differences in a Large Sample of Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typical Development
- Rivet & Matson: Review of gender differences in core symptomatology in autism spectrum disorders
- Ruzich, Allison, Smith, Watson, Auyeung, Ring, & Baron-Cohen: Measuring autistic traits in the general population: a systematic review of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) in a nonclinical population sample of 6,900 typical adult males and females
- Rynkiewiecz & Lucka: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in girls. Co-occurring psychopathology. Sex differences in clinical manifestation
- Rynkiewicz, Schuller, Marchi, Piana, Camurri, Lassalle, & Baron-Cohen: An investigation of the ‘female camouflage effect’ in autism using a computerized ADOS-2 and a test of sex/gender differences
- Saxe: The Theory Of Intersectionality: A New Lens For Understanding The Barriers Faced By Autistic Women
- Steward, Crane, Roy, Remington, & Pellicano: “Life is Much More Difficult to Manage During Periods”: Autistic Experiences of Menstruation
- Tint, Weiss, & Lunsky: Identifying the clinical needs and health service use of adolescent girls and women with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Trubanova, Donlon, Kreiser, Ollendick, & White: Underidentification of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Females: A Case Series Illustrating the Unique Presentation of this Disorder in Young Women
- Wilkinson: The Gender Gap in Asperger Syndrome: Where are the Girls?
- Winner, Crooke, & Madrigal: It’s a Girl Thing…Right? Social Thinking and Social Skills in Girls, Teens and Women with Social Learning Issues
- Wu, Maenner, Wiggins, Rice, & Bradley: Retention of autism spectrum disorder diagnosis: The role of co-occurring conditions in males and females
- Yurkiewicz: Overlooked and Under-Diagnosed: Distinct Expression of Asperger’s Syndrome in Females
- Zeestraten, Gudbrandsen, de Schotten, Catani, Dell-Acqua, Lai, Ruigrok, Lombardo, Chakrabarti, Baron-Cohen, Ecker, MRC AIMS Consortium, Murphy, & Craig: Sex differences in frontal lobe connectivity in adults with autism spectrum conditions
- ADHD in girls and boys – gender differences in co-existing symptoms and executive function measures
- How to Help Girls with ADHD
- The Neurobiological Profile of Girls with ADHD
- Patterns of Comorbidity Among Girls With ADHD: A Meta-analysis
- Problematic Peer Functioning in Girls with ADHD: A Systematic Literature Review
- Prospective Follow-Up of Girls With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Into Early Adulthood: Continuing Impairment Includes Elevated Risk for Suicide Attempts and Self-Injury
- The Secret Lives of Girls with ADHD
- Understanding ADHD in girls: Identification and social characteristics
- Understanding Girls with ADHD
- Asperger's Girl - Autism and Loneliness (video)
- Autism in Females: How is it Different? (video)
- AUTISM In Girls: KNOW These SYMPTOMS (video)
- Center for Autism: Autism and Girls Volume 2
- The Chameleons: women with autism--video
- Craft: Females with Aspergers Non-‐Official Checklist
- Different Brains: Gender & Neurodiversity: Recognizing the Diversity Within the Autism Spectrum, with Tania Marshall (video)
- Girls and Autism What's the Difference with Sarah Hendrickx HD (video)
- Hahn: Understanding Women with Autism (presentation notes)
- Hendrickx: Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum (presentation notes)
- Honeybourne: Autistic girls in the classroom: hidden difficulties and how to help (presentation notes)
- How to Explain ADHD
- Inskeep: 'Social Camouflage' May Lead To Underdiagnosis Of Autism In Girls (NPR Podcast) (audio)
- Invisible Diversity: A Story Of Undiagnosed Autism | Carrie Beckwith-Fellows | TEDxVilnius (video)
- Judith Gould: The Diagnosis of women and girls on the autism spectrum
- Kopp: Autistic conditions in girls: clinical perspectives on diagnosis, assessment and intervention (presentation notes)
- Larkey: Tip Sheet Girls with ASD--10 Ways Girls with an ASD differ to Boys with an ASD
- Lowry: Misunderstood Girls: A look at gender differences in Autism --article
- McCann: Hidden Asperger’s-- Girls with Aspergers
- MULTIPLE AND INTERSECTING FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST AUTISTIC WOMEN--report
- Neurodiversity at Work: not specifically for women and girls with neurodiversities but does a good job of explaining neurodiversity, why it matters, and how to build an inclusive, neurodiverse workplace
- PUBERTY IN GIRLS: PHYSICAL CHANGES AND MENSTRUATION--article
- Smith: The education of girls with an autism spectrum condition? the 'hidden ' curriculum (presentation notes)
- Supporting neurodiverse female learners (BBC audio)
- Tony Attwood - Aspergers in Girls (video)
- Understanding the Social Behaviors of Girls with ASD (video)
- Verbalis: Phenotype Expression Differences in Autistic Males and Females
- What Women With Autism Want You to Know | Iris (video)
- Women and Autism. Towards a Better Understanding | Sarai Pahla | TEDxMünster (video)
- https://awnnetwork.org: The mission of Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network is to provide community, support, and resources for Autistic women, girls, nonbinary people, and all others of marginalized genders. AWN is dedicated to building a supportive community where we can share our experiences in an understanding, diverse and inclusive environment. Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network is committed to recognizing and celebrating diversity and the many intersectional experiences in our community. (from https://awnnetwork.org/)
- https://www.spectrumwomen.com: "Spectrum Women is an international collaboration by and for autistic women. Our aim is to create a supportive community for women, girls and identifying females who are uniquely different. Our approach is to bring to our readers books, articles, stories and interviews by women of all ages who have a neurodivergent outlook on life in a positive, inspiring and unique way" (from: https://www.spectrumwomen.com/)
- http://www.taniamarshall.com/: website for Tania Marshall “2017 ASPECT Autism Australia National Recognition Awards Nominee (Advancement category). She was recognized by Autism Australia in both 2016 and 2015 for her work advancing the field of female Autism and Neurodiversity. She is the Author of “I Am AspienGirl: The Unique Characteristics, Traits, and Gifts of Females on the Autism Spectrum”, Foreword by Dr. Judith Gould, “I Am AspienWoman: The Unique Characteristics, Traits, and Gifts of Adult Females on the Spectrum, Foreword by Dr. Shana Nichols and AspienPowers: The Unique Constellation of Strengths, Abilities, Talents, and Gifts of Females on the Autism Spectrum. Tania is an award-winning author, nationally recognized Psychologist, an Autism Consultant, an NDIS Provider, a Helping Children With Autism Early Intervention Service Provider, a Better Start Early Intervention Provider, a Medicare Approved Mental Health Provider and a Secret Agent Society (SAS) Trained Group Facilitator.” (from https://taniaannmarshall.wordpress.com/)
- http://autisminpink.net/: As many as 5 million people in Europe may have autism. Many experience difficulty getting a diagnosis, but for women in particular autism is often overlooked or diagnosed late. For some time there has been a widely accepted belief that there are five times as many boys and men with ASDs than girls and women. However, recent research suggests that there are many more girls and women on the autism spectrum than previously thought.
- https://thethirdglance.wordpress.com/: blog site written by a young women pursuing her PhD who is autistic. She details her life, how she interacts with other students, how she studies, and how she lives independently. (adapted from: https://thestir.cafemom.com/being_a_mom/170309/50_best_autism_resources_online)
- http://www.aspie.com/: The homepage for Liane Holliday Willey, EdD. “At 35, Liane was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, and just like that, her life zoomed into focus. Unafraid to tell it like it is, Liane became passionate about refocusing her interests on diversity training.” (from: www.aspie.com). Dr. Willey’s webpage is not specific to women and girls with ASD, but does have a number of blog posts related to the subject from both herself and guest bloggers.
- https://musingsofanaspie.com/: Blog site of Cynthia Kim on Her thoughts about life on the spectrum.
- The Neurodiverse Woman: a beautifully written and insightful Facebook page/blog. As the creator of the page writes: "The heart, mind & soul of a Neurodiverse woman is different. The way she moves through the world is different. This is a place to celebrate our uniqueness." Cynthia Zuber (The Neurodiverse Woman)
- The Neurodivergent Rebel: the Neurodivergent Rebel is the Facebook page and blog of Christa Holmans. Christa's candid perspectives on being neurodivergent and other's understanding and acceptance of this are captured in her video blogs under categories like: "Let's Talk," "Autistic and Neurodiversity Things," and "Sensory and Stims."