A powerful Twitter hashtag is raising awareness about how autism in women hides in plain sight and deserves more clinical attention.
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Sounding The Alarm Documentary
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4465158/
http://time.com/3855645/autism-gender-differences/
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