Helpful Articles
Article Summaries
Masking and Camouflaging
- The Costs of Camouflaging Autism
- Women with Autism Hide Complex Struggles Behind Masks
- Some Autism Traits May Show Up Later in Girls Than In Boys
- Adolescence Unmasks Autism Traits in Girls
- New Method Aims to Quantify Camouflaging in Autism
- Young Woman with Autism Asks: “Am I So Different?”
Social Skills and Friendship
- Autistic Girls, Boys Differ In How They Talk About Social Groups
- Friendships Pose Unique Challenges for Women on the Spectrum
- Use of Certain Social Strategies Linked to Anxiety in Autism
- For Autistic Children, Emotional Problems May Hinder Social Success
- Girls With Autism Need Help Honing Social Skills in Realistic Settings
- Quarantine May Hit Autistic Women and Children Hardest
Repetitive Behaviors
- Repetitive Behaviors in Autism Show Sex Bias Early in Life
- School Program Makes Inroads Into Acceptance of Autism
Eating Disorders
- Girls with Autism May Stop Eating to Blunt Social Pain
- Food Fight
- Anorexia’s Link to Autism Explained
- The Invisible Link Between Autism and Anorexia
- Autism Traits in Childhood Linked to Eating Disorders in Adolescence
Transgender
- Focus on Autism Must Broaden to Include Non-Binary Genders
- Living Between Genders
- Why We Need to Respect Sexual Orientation, Gender Diversity in Autism
- Largest Study to Date Confirms Overlap Between Autism and Gender Diversity
Blogs
- Females and Autism/Aspergers: A Checklist
- Unusual: A Reflection on My School Days as an Unidentified Autistic
- Everyday Autistic
- Musings of an Aspie
General Resources
- Welcome to the Autistic Community
- Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network
- Autism and Race
- DSM-5 ASD: Guidelines and Criteria Exemplars
Online Tests/Self-Diagnosis
- Autism Spectrum Quotient
- Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale – Revised (RAADS-R)
- Females with Asperger’s Syndrome (Non-Official) Checklist
- An Autism Self-Diagnosis Masterpost
- Adult ASD: Self-Diagnosis or Professional Diagnosis
Popular Media
- How a tour pro’s autism diagnosis led to my own · By Joel Beall June 30, 2021
- Billy Mayfair Reveals Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis · By Stephanie Apstein April 21, 2021