A discussion of gender bias in the study and diagnosis of autism and why diagnoses for girls and women remain elusive.

ADVISORY: Topics of suicide, abuse, rape and anorexia occur in this episode. They are not gone into in detail, but do arise.

KEY WORDS: autism spectrum diagnosis diagnoses aspergers gender bias discrimination science disorder women medical neuroscience school learning sociology society culture feminism

Credits:
Host - Nicole Berry
Co-Host - Corinne Meadors
Music by - Mim Paquin
Images by - Johnstocker via Adobe Stock and Bessi via Pixabay

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/RESOURCES:

"The Autism Dilemma for Women Diagnosis" by the Organization for Autism Research, October 2018
https://researchautism.org/the-autism-dilemma-for-women-diagnosis/

"The costs of camouflaging autism" by Francine Russo, February 2018
https://www.spectrumnews.org/features/deep-dive/costs-camouflaging-autism/

"Thousands of autistic girls and women 'going undiagnosed' due to gender bias" by Hannah Devlin, September 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/sep/14/thousands-of-autistic-girls-and-women-going-undiagnosed-due-to-gender-bias

"Study on ‘extreme male brain’ theory of autism draws critics" by NIDHI SUBBARAMAN, August 2014
https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/study-on-extreme-male-brain-theory-of-autism-draws-critics/

"Clinical evaluation of autistic symptoms in women with anorexia nervosa" in Molecular Autism, contributors Heather Westwood, William Mandy & Kate Tchanturia, March 2017
https://molecularautism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13229-017-0128-x

"The Mounting Crisis in Women’s Heart Health" by Columbia Heart Surgery
https://columbiasurgery.org/news/mounting-crisis-women-s-heart-health

"The Lost Girls" by Apoorva Mandavilli, October 2015
https://www.spectrumnews.org/features/deep-dive/the-lost-girls/