Autistic Girls Are Undiagnosed, Underserved And Misunderstood

In a July 2015 piece in The Guardian, journalist Angela Naustatter homes in on a UK school that has a large population of autistic girls. The girls collectively show a mix of symptoms, including self-harm via cutting and obsessions that, at least at first look, don’t seem especially confined to autistic girls—things like body image obsessions and a strong interest in movie stars.

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