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The National Autistic Society says that getting autism diagnoses is important because it helps autistic people understand themselves better and seek appropriate care.

But they add that “because of stereotyped ideas about what autism looks like and who can be autistic, many autistic women and girls struggle to get a diagnosis, receive a diagnosis late in life or are misdiagnosed with conditions other than autism.”

That’s partly because the signs of autism many of us grew up learning about can apply more often to boys and men than women and girls, they say.

We spoke to Dr Mikki Lee Elembaby Psy.D, a Manhattan-based psychologist from Clarity Therapy NYC who specialises in autism assessment and diagnosis, about why so “many autistic women fly under the radar.”

How does autism present differently in women?

Dr Elembaby told........

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