Are Autistic Women 'Women'?
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A male autism expert weighs in on this very important question
My favourite meme made about my podcast to date (credit to hoo - sn0wpigeon) Everyone seems to be asking the question “Are trans women ‘women’?” many have attempted to answer this question. If you go left, you will find the answer “yes, obviously, how dare you suggest otherwise!” If you go to the right they will say “No, obviously, how dare you suggest otherwise!”. Few, however, are brave enough to ask the real question “Are autistic women ‘women’?”, I recently had a chance to ask a group of autism researchers that I meet with on a monthly basis and they said “Jon, please, we are trying to…
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