Girl Unmasked,The Lost Girls of Autism The Untold Story 2 Books Collection Set

Description :\nThe Lost Girls of Autism: \nFor decades, our understanding of autism has been based on stereotypes of \u2018socially awkward\u2019 men and boys. But this isn\u2019t because autism doesn\u2019t affect women; it is because the system built to identify it has completely failed them. This blind spot has left generations of women and girls misunderstood and misdiagnosed.\nGirl Unmasked: \nTo the outside world, Emily looks like a typical girl, with a normal family, living an ordinary life. But inside, Emily does not feel typical, and the older she gets, the more she realises that she is different.As she finally discovers when she is 16, Emily is autistic. Girl Unmasked is the extraordinary story of how she got there - and how she very nearly didn't.Still only 21, Emily writes with startling candour about the years leading up to her diagnosis. How books and imagination became her refuge as she sought to escape the increasing anxiety and unbearable stresses of school;