Organisations:
Embrace Autism: Embrace Autism has tons of resources focused on understanding autism in girls and women. They provide reliable free self-assessments and you can ask for a formal diagnosis from Dr. Natalie Engelbrecht and her team.
Autism Women’s Network (AWN): AWN is dedicated to building a supportive community for autistic women and girls. They actively promote awareness on queerness, disability and gender.
National Autism Society – Women and Girls with Autism: They act as a platform to give a voice to autistics. You will find many testimonials, opinion pieces and articles featured.
Books:
“Girls Growing Up on the Autism Spectrum: What Parents and Professionals Should Know About the Pre-Teen and Teenage Years” by Shana Nichols, Gina Marie Moravcik, and Samara Pulver Tetenbaum.
“The Girl with the Curly Hair” series by Alis Rowe.
“Autism and Masking: How and Why People Do It, and the Impact It Can Have” by Helen Ellis, with Dr. Felicity Sedgewick and Dr. Laura Hull.
“Safeguarding Autistic Girls: Strategies for Professionals” by Dr. Carly Jones MBE.
“Spectrum Women” edited by Barb Cook and Dr. Michelle Garnett.
“Supporting Spectacular Girls: A Practical Guide to Developing Autistic Girls’ Wellbeing and Self-esteem” by Helen Clarke.
“Taking off the Mask: Practical Exercises to Help Understand and Minimize the Effects of Autistic Camouflaging” by Hannah Belcher.
“The Independent Woman’s Handbook for Super Safe Living on the Autistic Spectrum” by Robyn Steward.
“The Autism-Friendly Guide to Periods” by Robyn Steward.
“The Autism-Friendly Guide to Self-Employment” by Robyn Steward.
“Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder” by Sarah Hendrickx.
Blogs:
- Aspiegals
- Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism
- Autism in Girls
- Interactive Autism Network (IAN) – Girls and Women with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- The Art of Autism
Forums:
Reddit: There are quite a few subreddits specifically for autistic women and girls. r/aspergirls counts over 82’000 members. It’s a good place to start to find community and ask all your questions anonymously.
Facebook: Women with Autism/ Autistic Women and Girls has 42’000 members. There are many groups like this, simply research the key words ‘ASD’ or ‘women with Autism’. If you are lucky there may even be a local community.
Self-assessments:
Here are my test results compared to the average results for autistic women. The website (button above) also details mean scores for men, non-binary individuals and neurotypical/allistic people.
