Women, Girls and Autism

The neurotypical world that autistic people live in can be a very confusing place when you struggle to understand yourself and your difficulties.

The course aims to inspire hope by raising awareness and understanding of the female presentation of autism.

We provide a safe, open space in which to explore the reasons why women and girls with autism are underdiagnosed, how to recognise autism in females and how and why women and girls ‘mask’ in social situations.

We openly welcome service users, carers and staff to come along and learn about autism in females and gain some insight from our peer trainer, living with autism herself, and the barriers she has needed to overcome in order to feel empowered to have a voice and speak out.