![]() ![]() We need to appreciate what neurodiversity can offer.” “Some of the autistic women I interviewed are incredibly successful in their professional life because of their dedication to a special interest they’ve pursued, be it in academia, the arts or athletics. ![]() I want to celebrate autism,” she continues. She’d just have to go through life believing she was what other people called ‘weird’ but without knowing why. What opportunity was this little girl going to have to tell her stories other than in a clinician’s room – and she wasn’t believed there. “My interest is encapsulated in a single experience: meeting a 10-year-old girl who didn’t tick enough criteria for diagnosis, but was clearly autistic,” she says. “There’s loads of autistic research on women, but it’s written exclusively for research communities,” says Bargiela, a clinical psychologist and design researcher who completed her doctoral research at University College London, specialising in the study of Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) in women. ![]()
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