Aspergette 👩‍🦰🌱

ALT A spider diagram for ‘reasons given for non-referral for autism assessment’. - could hold a conversation - sensitive child - over-imagination - attachment to parent - nothing wrong with her - my child was said to be the bully - too bright - makes eye contact - mother is over-protective - she’s clever - you need to be referred by your GP - fine at school - we have to prove we’re spending £6000 - talks too much

ALT A screenshot of a newspaper article titled ‘autism test could hit maths skills’ by Simon Baron-Cohen. It reads - The prospect of a prenatal test for autism, allowing couples to choose whether to have a baby with the condition, ie coming closer. And with it also comes the possibility of a prenatal drug treatment being developed. But in this weeks scrubbing up, leading autism expert Professor Simon Baron-Cohen warns caution is needed to ensure associated talents, like numerical abilities, are not lost when the test or a cure becomes available. He says ‘males, maybe and autism. On the face of it these three things don’t appear to be linked. And hey they are. Males are much more likely to apply to university to study maths for example’.