Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Quick and Easy Sign Up!

It takes less then 1 minute to sign up, then you can enjoy Unlimited eBooks.

Sign Up Browse

Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

  • Download on iOS
  • Download on Android
  • Download on iOS

Off the Spectrum: Why the Science of Autism Has Failed Women and Girls

Gina Rippon
4.05/5 (69 ratings)
Read Now Download Now
A cognitive neuroscientist reveals how autistic women have been overlooked by biased research—and makes a passionate case for their inclusion.

Who comes to mind when you think of an autistic person? It might be yourself, a relative or friend, a public figure, a fictional character, or a stereotyped image. Regardless, for most of us it’s likely to be someone male. Medical and social systems systematically under-diagnose, under-research, and under-serve autistic women—to devastating effect.

In Off the Spectrum cognitive neuroscientist Gina Rippon sheds light on how old ideas about autism leave women behind and how the scientific community must catch up. Generations of researchers, convinced autism was a male problem, simply didn’t bother looking for it in women, creating a snowball effect of biased research.

To correct this “male spotlight” problem Rippon outlines how autism presents differently in girls and women—such as how they tend to camouflage autistic traits, or how their intense interests may take a form considered more socially acceptable. When autism studies don’t recruit female subjects, Rippon argues, it’s not only autistic women who are failed; it’s the entire scientific community. Correcting a major scientific bias, Off the Spectrum provides a much-needed exploration of autism in women to parents, clinicians, and autistic women themselves.
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
Language:
ISBN10:
1541605020
ISBN13:
9781541605022
kindle Asin:
B0DC686Q9K

Off the Spectrum: Why the Science of Autism Has Failed Women and Girls

Gina Rippon
4.05/5 (69 ratings)
Read Download
A cognitive neuroscientist reveals how autistic women have been overlooked by biased research—and makes a passionate case for their inclusion.

Who comes to mind when you think of an autistic person? It might be yourself, a relative or friend, a public figure, a fictional character, or a stereotyped image. Regardless, for most of us it’s likely to be someone male. Medical and social systems systematically under-diagnose, under-research, and under-serve autistic women—to devastating effect.

In Off the Spectrum cognitive neuroscientist Gina Rippon sheds light on how old ideas about autism leave women behind and how the scientific community must catch up. Generations of researchers, convinced autism was a male problem, simply didn’t bother looking for it in women, creating a snowball effect of biased research.

To correct this “male spotlight” problem Rippon outlines how autism presents differently in girls and women—such as how they tend to camouflage autistic traits, or how their intense interests may take a form considered more socially acceptable. When autism studies don’t recruit female subjects, Rippon argues, it’s not only autistic women who are failed; it’s the entire scientific community. Correcting a major scientific bias, Off the Spectrum provides a much-needed exploration of autism in women to parents, clinicians, and autistic women themselves.
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
Language:
ISBN10:
1541605020
ISBN13:
9781541605022
kindle Asin:
B0DC686Q9K

More Books

Counterattacks at Thirty

Sohn Won-Pyung

Tangerines

Tsvi Jolles

Some Like It Scot

Pepper Basham

The Maid's Secret (Molly the Maid, #3)

Nita Prose

She's a Lamb!

Meredith Hambrock

What If I Never Get Over You

Paige Toon

My Big Fat Fake Marriage

Charlotte Stein

The River Has Roots

Amal El-Mohtar

Love at First Flight

Jo Watson

Dream Count

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Petals and Plot Twists (Only Magic in the Building)

Jenny Proctor

The Perfect Rom-Com

Melissa Ferguson