Hiding in Plain Sight: Girls With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Speaker Dr. Karen Barnes

Hiding in Plain Sight: Girls With Autism Spectrum Disorder

The presentation is about girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and features Dr. Karen Barnes, Dr. J. Peterson, and Natasha Lewis Harrington, who is on the autism spectrum herself.

The presentation will cover the rates of autism diagnosis between males and females, how autism presents differently in females, challenges specific to females with ASD, and strengths and supports for females with ASD.

In this webinar you will learn (Learning Objectives):

  • Diagnosis
  • How do females receive a diagnosis
  • Autism Prevalence
  • Social Camouflage
  • Masking Symptoms, and more!

About the Speaker: Karen Barnes, Ph.D. from Seattle Children’s Autism Center

Karen Barnes, Ph.D. (she/her) is a licensed clinical psychologist who provides comprehensive evaluations for toddlerhood through young adulthood.

Dr. Barnes conducts psychological and learning evaluations with a focus on identifying both strengths and challenges to provide a practical roadmap of supports/intervention. She enjoys collaborating with families in a neurodiversity affirming manner to develop a framework to better understand their child’s brain style which leads to more insight and ability to advocate for their needs.

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Autism Diagnosis, Autism Masking Symptoms, Autism Prevalence in Females, best of the internet, developmental Disabilities, Female Autism Spectrum Disorder, Girls with Autism, Mental Health

Autism Spectrum Disorder in Infants and Toddlers

Speaker Katazyrna Chawarska

Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that affects how children interact with others and produces unusual behaviors, such as rigidities, repetitive motion, and stereotyped interests

It is one of the most prevalent neurodevelopmental disorders, affecting one in 68 children in the general population

There are no biological markers or medical tests to determine whether a child has autism, so diagnosis is based on a close analysis of symptoms and behaviors

In this webinar you will learn (Learning Objectives):

  • Core Characteristics
  • When Does Autism Emerge
  • What Does Autism Look Like
  • Autism Siblings
  • Autism Preemies, and more!

About the Speaker: Katarzyna Chawarska, PhD, from Yale School of Medicine

Katarzyna Chawarska, PhD, specializes in child psychiatry. She is the director of the Social and Affective Neuroscience of Autism Program and the Yale Toddler Developmental Disabilities Clinic at the Yale Child Study Center.

Chawarska’s research focuses on understanding and improving treatments for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Her work explores the impact of medications on children with ASD, how early signs can predict language development, and interventions used to support children with ASD in educational settings.

Chawarski’s research has been supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute of Mental Health, and Autism Speaks.

Chawarska is the Emily Fraser Beede Professor of child psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine.

Tags:

Autism Diagnosis, Autism in Infants, Autism in Toddlers, best of the internet, developmental Disabilities, Early Autism Signs, Early Intervention Autism, Mental Health