National Autistic Society

• Gender and Autism
• Women and Girls

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)
• Yellow Ladybugs

Limpsfield Grange School Books

• 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.

Key & Recent Books and Articles on Autism and Gender

• Girls and Autism: Educational, Family and Personal Perspectives: Carpenter, B & Happe, F& (2019). London: Routledge
• Spectrum Women: walking to the Beat of Autism: Cook, B & Garnett, M. (2018), Jessica Kingsley
• Nerdy, Shy and Socially inappropriate: a user Guide to an Asperger Life,: Kim, C (201)  Jessica Kingsley
• A Guide to Mental Health Issues in Girls and Young Women on the Autism Spectrum: Diagnosis, Intervention and Family Support: Eaton, J (2017) , Jessica Kingsley
• Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Hendricks, S (2015) , Jessica Kingsley
• Gender Identity, Sexuality and Autism: Voices from across the Spectrum: Mendes, E& Maroney, M. (2019) , London: Jessica Kingsley
• AsperGirls: Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome: Simone, R (2010), Jessica Kingsley