Autistica Research Festival 2022: Diagnosis and autistic women

Throughout the history of autism, women have been under-recognised, under-diagnosed and underserved. In the past decade, this inequality has begun to change as knowledge of autism in women has developed and grown. With this recognition, many women are now reflecting on their life experiences and understanding themselves through the scope and identity of autism. This stream will explore autistic women’s experience of diagnosis and post-diagnosis and how this relates to wellbeing, self-understanding and the life-course.

00:00 Opening

01:56 Miriam Harmens - Autistic women's diagnostic experiences, and interactions with wellbeing and identity

14:05 Rosie Wilson - Autistic women’s experiences of self-compassion after receiving their diagnosis in adulthood

26:34 Q&A

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