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Not Just for Boys: When Autism Spectrum Disorders Affect Girls

Is autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in girls underdiagnosed? An autism diagnosis is relatively rare in girls; Asperger's is even rarer. Boys outnumbe...

Girls With Autism May Need Different Treatments Than Boys

In the latest autism research, the first study compared visual scanning patterns in boys and girls with autism spectrum disorders. Scanning patter...

Registration is now open for Rudy Simone in Billings, Helena, Missoula and Kalispell

The Montana Autism Education Project of the Office of Public Instruction is proud to present Rudy Simone in four FREE presentations in Montana. M...

Not Just for Boys: When Autism Spectrum Disorders Affect Girls

Is autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in girls underdiagnosed? An autism diagnosis is relatively rare in girls; Asperger's is even rarer. Boys outnumbe...

Recognizing the Signs of Autism in Girls and Young Women

Have you ever known a young woman, a classmate, a student or a friend, who was painfully “out of step” with the rest of the social group or just u...

Rudy Simone Returns to Montana in May 2013

[image] The Montana Autism Education Project of the Office of Public Instruction is proud to present Rudy Sim...

Mothers with ASD ask why scientists are missing girls

[Screen Shot 2012-11-18 at 7.15.50 PM.png] Autism is diverse, and mothers with ASD don’t all share the same traits. Of the six interviewed for th...

Miss Montana speaks at autism convention in Helena.

[5065fecb06130.preview-620.jpg] For much of her first 11 years, Alexis Wineman was bullied and teased, staying quiet to hide her speech ...

Save the Date - Rudy Simone to return to Montana

The tentative dates for Rudy Simone to present are: May 2, 2013 Bozeman May 3, 2013 Great Falls May 4, 2013 Missoula Registrati...

Hamilton Woman Writes About Life With Asperger's

The words flow in a disjointed stream-of-consciousness. They’re dark, yet hopeful. When strewn together, they are a fictional reflection of Jenny...

Rudy Simone Interview in Helena

[Screen Shot 2012-04-28 at 9.46.04 AM.png] Click here to watch the interview.

ASPERGER SYNDROME AUTHOR SPEAKS

Rudy Simone spoke with teachers and parents at the Montana Convention Center. She said it's important caregivers of children with autism spectrum...

Minds on the spectrum: Q and A with the author of Aspergirls

Autism Girls on the Spectrum: Q&A with the Author of Aspergirls Is Asperger syndrome...

Looking Normal Is Not Functioning

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Study: Brain size signals certain type of autism

In what researchers called the largest study of brain development in preschoolers with autism to date, 3-year-old boys with regressive autism, but no...

The brilliance beneath her monster

[Rudy.jpg] Rudy's discovery began when she was researching the habits of her partner at the time who had been misdiagnosed with ADHD. After f...

Autism and romance mix in live-via-Internet 'On the Spectrum'

[AU Play.bmp]"On the Spectrum,” a new play by veteran Los Angeles screenwriter Ken LaZebnik, will achieve two rarities for a live drama during its ...

Talking About Sex With Young Adults With Autism

The morning of May 22, 2006, I set my alarm for 4 a.m. I wanted to be the first one to wish Matthew a happy birthday. He was in a college program at...

Aspergirls: A Subculture Within a Subculture

Women on the spectrum are a subculture within a subculture. We have many of the same quirks, challenges, habits, traits and outlooks as men, but w...

Girls with autism face adjustments in middle school

As Maggie grew older, her parents Rick and Laura suspected more and more that their daughter had autism. They knew that boys usually were diagnose...