The mission of the Autism Women's Network is to provide effective supports to autistic females of all ages through a sense of community, advocacy and resources.
By Melody Latimer
When I was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome two years ago, it came as little surprise to me. Both my boys had been diagnosed with Autism, and through my research, a lot struck home with me. I had been diagnosed with so many other things: General Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Social Phobia to name a few. While they described parts of me, they never described the whole me. [Read more]
Dani Bowman is a 15-year-old autistic high school girl with a love of anime style animation. Dani aspires to follow in the footsteps of other cartooning greats with her own animation company, Powerlight Studios. What is even more impressive is that Dani is autistic. [Read more]
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By Eileen Miller
Kim Miller is a 22 year old artist who happens to have autism. She is unlike many other autistic individuals for the fact that she was born with the disability. As an infant, the effects of the disorder plagued her daily life. At the age of 3 when she was finally diagnosed, she presented 35 of 50 symptoms of classic autism. [Read more]
By Heather E. Sedlock
She grew up knowing that she was definitely different than most of the other people around her. Her father and mother love telling the stories about her childhood which included needing thirty minutes to walk a five minute trip to her bus stop because she’d get “lost in her own world.” It wasn’t until Heather was an adult that a neuropsychologist labeled what was so unique about Heather: Asperger’s. [Read more]
By Scott Jones
They say that living with a special needs child is akin to laying your entire family on a water bed and that every slight movement she makes reverberates through the rest of the family. Nothing can be closer to the truth. [Read more]
By Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg
In November of 2008, at the age of 50, I was diagnosed with a form of autism called Asperger’s Syndrome. Far from being a tragedy, discovering that I am autistic has been one of the most healing, liberating, and empowering experiences of my life. [Read more]
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By Katie Levin
I was officially diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome (a form of autism) in 2004, in my late 20s. Before then, I had been placed in and out of various public school special education programs, given a number of psychiatric diagnoses, and never understood why most others didn’t want to play with me, talk with me, or what made me different from anyone else. [Read more]
By Karin Morgen
Anyone who has ever encountered me, whether in person or digitally knows that there is one focus in my life. I am single minded. I am her mother. She is Jessa. She is beautiful, (see for yourself) smart (nearly perfect scores on the English and Reading portion of the ACTs) and incredibly talented (accepted after auditions into a competitive musical theatre program where she’s working on her BFA). And yes, she also happens to have Asperger’s. [Read more]
