Tuesday, June 17, 2025

5 Reasons Autistic Women are Under-Diagnosed


๐Ÿ‘ฉ‍๐Ÿ‘ง‍๐Ÿ‘ง Did you know that autistic women and girls are often underdiagnosed or misdiagnosed? ๐Ÿ˜” This is due to a shortage of specialists, masking, misdiagnosis, phenotype differences, and lack of research. ๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿ“š  

Read https://www.autismbc.ca/blog/assessment/autistic-women-girls-underdiagnosed-bc/ to find out more about this ongoing issue. 

✏️ Were you overlooked as an autistic person because you don’t fit the mould of young, white boy? Share your story of being late-identified using the hashtag #latenotless (or comment below)!

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