Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum

Overview

Date: Thursday 14 July 2011
Location: Kensington Conference and Events Centre, London

This conference presented the latest research and practice in diagnosis and support for women and girls with autism.

Presentations

• Autism in girls and women: a scientific approach to everyday pratice
  Patricia J.M. van Wijngaarden-Cremers, Dimence Mental Health Care (GGs), Overijssel Zwolle - UMCN Nijmegen
• Autistic conditions in girls: clinical perspectives on diagnosis, assessment and intervention
  Dr Svenny Kopp, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Göteborg
• The education of girls with an autism spectrum condition? The 'hidden' curriculum
  Dr Jacqui Ashton-Smith, Principal, NAS Helen Allison School
• Making ourselves heard: 'expert', peer and self-advocacy for autistic women
  Selina Postgate, Autistic Rights Activist and Peer Advocate
• Meeting the needs of female offenders with autism
  Dr Kalpana Dein, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, St Andrew's Healthcare
• Missed diagnosis or misdiagnosis? Girls and women in the autism spectrum
  Dr Judith Gould, Director, NAS Lorna Wing Centre for Autism
• The prevalence of autistic spectrum conditions amongst the female population of one special hospital
  Dr Juli Crocombe , Consultant in Developmental Neuroscience and Learning Disability, St George's Hospital
• The relationship of eating disorders to ASD
  Prof. Janet Treasure, Professor and Director, King's College Eating Disorder Service, Institute of Psychiatry
• Self-harm in women and girls with autism
  Caroline Hattersley, Head of Information, Advice and Advocacy, The National Autistic Society
• Sex and relationships: women with Asperger syndrome
  Sarah Hendrickx, Asperger Syndrome Consultant and Specialist Author, Hendrickx Associates