Cat @catdl.bsky.social · 03/04/2025We will also be filming an interview with Gina Rippon so if you have questions send them to me! 000
Cat @catdl.bsky.social · 03/04/2025After decades of research in boys, we've begun to do studies that include autistic girls and these results are wildly different from what we'd expect from the research so far, especially when it comes to the social brain. Read all about it in our feature, and in the book. 100
Cat @catdl.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Shockingly, as many as 80 per cent of autistic girls will turn 18 before getting a diagnosis which can have a huge impact on their identity and their mental health, as Gina discusses in her new book, The Lost Girls of Autism (I highly recommend reading). 120
Cat @catdl.bsky.social · 03/04/2025We've long thought of autism as predominantly affecting boys, and so the scientific community has gone looking for reasons for why that should be, turning it into a self-fulfilling prophesy. Meanwhile, it's very hard for girls to get an autism diagnosis 100
Cat @catdl.bsky.social · 03/04/2025I really enjoyed working on this important article with @ginarippon.bsky.social about the neuroscience that reveals a whole new understanding of autism in girls and why autistic girls and women have been overlooked for so long www.newscientist.com/article/mg26... @newscientist.comnewscientist.comA revolutionary new understanding of autism in girlsBy studying the brains of autistic girls, we now know the condition presents differently in them than in boys, suggesting that huge numbers of women have gone undiagnosed 120
Cat @catdl.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Thrilled for my talented colleague @rowhoop.bsky.social who was highly commended best columnist at the BSME awards. Pipped to the post by @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social . I don’t normally get starstruck but I’m such a fan I ended up doing my best open mouthed fish impression. Congratulations to both! 162
