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Autism in girls and women

Autism in girls and women / Presentations

Why autism brain studies matter

Dr. Wu Nordahl is interviewed by Aakanksh Gurnani, a highschool junior who created NeuroChat with AG to support and uplift the neuro-diverse community.

Presentations

Autism in girls and the GAIN study (30 min)

Facebook Live (2022) with Christine Wu Nordahl and Brianna Heath

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What neuroscience tells us about autism in children (50 min)

Dot to Dot Behind the Person Podcast (2022) with Christine Wu Nordahl Episode information: https://dot-to-dot-behind-the-person.simplecast.com/episodes/what-neuroscience-tells-us-about-autism-in-children-with-dr-wu-nordahl

Presentations

Girls and Women with Autism (in Spanish) (58 min)

Presentation (2021) by Christine Wu Nordahl

Presentations

Girls and Women with Autism (30 min)

Talk at UCSF Developmental Disabilities Update (2021) with Christine Wu Nordahl and Brianna Heath

Presentations

Life on the Spectrum: Women sharing their unique experiences (1 hr, 40 min)

Panel at the UC Davis Summer Institute (2020)

Presentations

Camouflaging/Masking in Autistic Women

UC Davis Summer Institute (2020) with Christine Wu Nordahl


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Recent Talks & Presentations

  • Why autism brain studies matter
  • Women and Girls on the Spectrum (30 min)
  • Gender Diversity in Autism & the NeuroTeens Support Group
  • Science Minds (18 min)
  • Understanding and Supporting the Intersections Between Neurodiversity and Gender Nonconformity (1 hr)

Featured Publications

  • Sex differences in early brain development and motor skills
  • Sex differences in trajectories of cortical development in autistic children from 2–13 years of age
  • Why do we need sex-balanced studies of autism?
  • IQ trajectories in autistic children through preadolescence
  • Sex differences in areas of the brain connected to the amygdala
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