Autist's Corner

The dark alley where feminism, autism advocacy and literary criticism meet.

Showing posts with label mental health. Show all posts

Showing posts with label mental health. Show all posts

Thursday, September 8, 2011

City Mouse, Country Mouse, Autistic Mouse

There's one more thing from Unstrange Minds that stuck in my head, that I didn't think to include in this post and which probably ...

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Disordered Eating in Aspie Girls

I actually had no idea eating disorders were much of a problem for girls (and women) on the autism spectrum until I saw this BBC News story...

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A Portrait of the Autist

Lindsay: Kansas, United States; I'm a recent KU graduate with degrees in biochemistry and English lit. I'm also on the autism spectrum, having been diagnosed with PDD-NOS at age 5. It's quite likely that, were I to be seen now, I'd be diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. I write about a lot of things, which include but are not limited to: autism research, psychology, neuroscience, feminism, autism advocacy/neurodiversity, autism in literature, and broad, sweeping cultural critique. I also draw, paint and take the occasional random picture. Spam and abusive comments meet the icy-cold fury of my deleting finger.

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