The Challenging Journey to Female Autism Diagnosis

Many autistic women are not diagnosed until adulthood, often following a series of wrong diagnoses, burnout, and sometimes suicide attempts.

Many autism experts agree that the majority of autistic women are not diagnosed until adulthood. Many may be missing diagnosis altogether. | Photo by Eutah Mizushima on Unsplash

The materials used to diagnose autism are biased towards male presentations of autism. This means that autistic males are far more likely to…