#actuallyautistic
@asplingz as third year student at the University of Bolton has asked us to help her find people to take part in some research! @asplingz who is #actuallu autistic is in the final of her psychology degree. She writes
“My study is part of an investigation in how Autism Spectrum Conditions are distinctively manifested by boys and girls. Although sex-specific manifestations of Autism have been robustly reported, this study is the first to investigate a female presentations among males. This follows from the fact that most diagnoses of girls and women have been based on a male presentation of the main symptoms, being that only recently have diagnoses started to take into consideration female-specific manifestations of Autism. Our hypothesis is that if there are females with a male presentation of Autism, there may well be males with a female presentation of these conditions. If this is the case, these boys and men have been undiagnosed and unsupported. Our results have the potential to fulfil this gap in our understanding of these conditions, and therefore contribute to a better quality of life of all those with Autism”
To take part please click the link here!
