Let’s Stop Saying Autism Research Focused on Boys
How inference shapes what we think we know
Fiona Meredith
Psychologist and psychotherapist examining how modern mental-health culture shapes identity, attention, and social reward. I interrogate the unintended consequences of therapeutic and diagnostic trends.
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