Psychology Today recently published an article entitled, The Girl With a Boy’s Brain, about 24-year-old neuroscience graduate student Kiriana Cowansage. No, it’s not an article about a transgendered person, but rather a female who is described as having Asperger’s Syndrome. I was intrigued to read such an article because while AS females most certainly exist, most writings that mention autism in any form are primarily focused on boys and men.* And this article almost isn’t an exception—look back at the title.
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