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)
- 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