The Lost Girls of Autism - How Science Failed Autistic Women - and the New Research that's Changing the Story

About the author

Gina Rippon is Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Neuroimaging at the Aston Brain Centre, Birmingham. Her research involves state-of-the-art brain imaging techniques, investigating how the brain interacts with its world. She is an outspoken critic of outdated gender stereotypes in the field, and is the author of The Gendered Brain and The Lost Girls of Autism.

Product details

• Authors: Gina Rippon
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 26.02.2026
• EAN: 9781035011643
• ISBN: 978-1-0350-1164-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: MEDICAL / Diagnosis, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Autism Spectrum Disorders, SELF-HELP / Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), PSYCHOLOGY / Interpersonal Relations, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Autism Spectrum Disorders, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Later Years, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Relating to people on the autism spectrum, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Autism & Asperger's Syndrome, Relating to adulthood, Coping with / advice about autism / Asperger’s