Neurodivergent Women And Girls Have Been Denied Support By Diagnostic Criteria That Doesn’t Match The Diverse Expressions Of ADHD, But A New Study Has Brought Three Subtypes Of The Condition To Light

Neurodivergent Women And Girls Have Been Denied Support By Diagnostic Criteria That Doesn’t Match The Diverse Expressions Of ADHD, But A New Study Has Brought Three Subtypes Of The Condition To Light

Pexels If you’re a neurodivergent woman – whether formally or self-diagnosed – you’ll be particularly aware of a certain phenomenon. That is, the ‘typical’ expressions of conditions like autism and ADHD that might well have prevented your struggles from being picked up until much later in life. And by ‘typical’, of course we mean ‘observed in boys.’ Because the truth is, all society knows of autism and ADHD, the stereotypical ways these conditio…