
Mental Health
We Need Better Diagnostic Tests for Autism in Women
Diagnostic criteria are developed using white boys and men, failing to serve many neurodivergent girls and women
Zhara Astra is a screenwriter, producer and a professor at Arizona State University where she teaches a course she created on Understanding Neurodivergent Women.
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