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

by Sarah Hendrickx

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849055475
• ISBN13: 9781849055475
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"