Playing A/Part Toolkit
National Autistic Society
Further organisations & resources
- Aucademy – Online and offline education for and about Autistic people and their experiences, from Autistic educators (Aucademy on Facebook)
- Colouring Outside The Lines
- Fighting Inequality for Girls on the Spectrum (FIGS) (Autistic Girls Network Group on Facebook)
- Limpsfield Grange Information on Autistic Girls and Education
- NAHT Autism and Girls Forum
- Samantha Craft’s Unofficial Checklist for Autistic Women
- Scottish Autism Online support for Autistic Women and Girls
- Scottish Women’s Autism Network (SWAN)
- Sonie Boue – Neurophototherapy
- Yellow Ladybugs
Limpsfield Grange
- M is for Autism: The students of Limpsfield Grange and Vicky Martin
- M in the Middle: The students of Limpsfield Grange and Vicky Martin
Books by autistic women
- Autism in Heels: the untold story of a female life on the spectrum: Cook, O’Toole, J (2018), Skyhorse publishing
- Odd Girl Out by Laura James
- The Electricity of Every Living Thing: Katherine May (2018), Trapeze
- The State of Grace by Rachael Lucas – fiction about an autistic teenage girl
- List of books by/about Autistic Women
University of Kent resources/projects
- So, You’re Autistic: a support programme for autistic University of Kent students (diagnosed and undiagnosed). This site also provides autistic people and those close to them resources on all things autistic.
- Understanding Autism – a free online autism course from the Tizard Centre, University of Kent. It is run several times each year.
- Imagining Autism have created online resources, ensuring that children, teachers and parents now have access at home to the Imagining Autism experience.
- Prof Ian Sabroe and Dr Dieter Declercq in conversation with Prof Nicola Shaughnessy (Principal Investigator) talking about interdisciplinary collaborations with artists, health professionals, and scholars in humanities and social science.
Key & Recent Books and Articles on Autism and Gender
- Carpenter, B., & Happe, F (2019) Girls and Autism: Educational, Family and Personal Perspectives, London: Routledge
- Cook, B., & Garnett, M. (2018) Spectrum Women: walking to the Beat of Autism, Jessica Kingsley
- Kim, C. (201) Nerdy, Shy and Socially inappropriate: a user Guide to an Asperger Life, Jessica Kingsley
- Eaton, J. (2017) A Guide to Mental Health Issues in Girls and Young Women on the Autism Spectrum: Diagnosis, Intervention and Family Support, Jessica Kingsley
- Hendrickx, S (2015) Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Jessica Kingsley
- Mendes, E., & Maroney, M. (2019) Gender Identity, Sexuality and Autism: Voices from across the Spectrum: London: Jessica Kingsley
- Moyse, R., & Porter, J. (2015). The experience of the hidden curriculum for autistic girls at mainstream primary schools. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 30(2), 187-201.
- Simone, R. (2010) AsperGirls: Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome, Jessica Kingsley
