SPOTLIGHT ON FEMALE AUTISM COMMUNITY

IN recent years there has been increased awareness of the lack of support for autistic women in terms of access, diagnosis, cases of misdiagnosis and the lack of recognition of these experiences.

On March 10 — International Women’s Day — at 7pm, Ireland’s national autism charity AsIAm and SuperValu will host a webinar, ‘Autistic Women and Girls’. The online seminar will explore the experiences of women and girls within the autism community in Ireland.

It will be the fourth in the 2021 series and will look at the different ways autism manifests in women and girls such as masking, late diagnosis, eating disorders, co-occurring conditions, menstruation, motherhood, sexuality and relationships and puberty.

The community support events are delivered by autism experts and can be accessed online and through AsIAm and SuperValu’s social channels.

It will be hosted by Jess Hendrickx (pictured), of Hendrickx Associates, which offers support to autistic people to build selfawareness, identify their goals and take small, manageable steps towards achieving them.

To register for the ‘Autistic Women and Girls’ seminar,’ click on https://us02web.zoom. us/webinar/register/WN_Hffw UNU6SHWYaVe82kz2Bg