BREAKTHROUGH: A New Assessment Tool for Autistic Women Created From Their Real-Life Stories
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Dr. Rebecca Evanko discusses her development of a new autism assessment tool specifically for adult women, addressing the shortcomings of previous diagnostic methods.
We’ve waited for decades for an autism assessment tool that reflects the experiences of adult women. The older diagnostic tools based on research of autistic boys left many of us misdiagnosed, overlooked, or completely missed. Dr. Rebecca Evanko set out to change that. After her own diagnosis at age 47, she used her background in cognitive linguistics, clinical practice and research to create an autism screening instrument developed specifically for adult women. It’s based on women’s pe...
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