Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum (Second Edition)

Understanding Life Experiences from Early Childhood to Old Age

By: Sarah Hendrickx, Judith Gould - foreword, Jess Hendrickx

Narrated by: Lucie McNeil

Comprehensive overview of autism in females with lived experience accounts and latest research.

The difference that being female makes to the diagnosis, life and experiences of an autistic person is hugely significant. In this widely expanded second edition, Sarah Hendrickx combines the latest research with personal stories from girls and women on the autism spectrum to present a picture of their feelings, thoughts and experiences at each stage of their lives.

Outlining the likely impact will be for autistic women and girls throughout their lifespan, Hendrickx surveys everything from diagnosis, childhood, education, adolescence, friendships and sexuality, to employment, pregnancy, parenting, and aging.

With up-to-date content on masking, diagnosis later in life, and a new focus on trans and non-binary voices, as well as a deeper dive into specific health and wellbeing implications including menopause, PCOS, Hypermobility/Ehlers-Danlos, autistic burnout, and alexithymia, this is an invaluable companion for professionals, as well as a guiding light for women with autism to understand and interpret their own experience in context.

©2024 Sarah Hendrickx (P)2024 Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Pretty good

Solid information. It also gives a lot of examples of lived experiences so you can see how varied the lives of autistic women are.

Absolutely eye opening

“I love being weird, everyone is just basic” it’s my go to for myself, my daughter and my patients.

A Different View of Autism Spectrum Disorder

As a school psychologist I came into this book with a background in the more "classic" expression of ASD, which is based on the study of males with autism, primarily. This book provided a comprehensive review of the differences one might see in females with autism.

At times, it was difficult to listen to research shared in an audiobook format. The references and page numbers can be tedious. However, the many examples from individuals helped to bring the research to life.

I learned a great deal from this book and I wish I had this knowledge years ago. Thank you, Ms. Hendrickx, for expanding my horizons!

excellent and needed

Highly recommend it. Listen to it. Includes both scientific data AND personal anecdotes from real life autistic women. That thoughful, comprehensive combination of information sources makes this book stand out as (probably) the most useful book about autism in women to date. Imo. Obviously.

How thorough the research was, and how correct the findings about Autism

This book is a MUST for anyone who is autistic. It will help you more than you'll know!