New book highlights the unseen challenges of being an autistic woman in postgraduate education

Professor Sophie Phillips shares her research with personal and collated lived experiences of neurodiversity in academia.

Book cover which reads: The Autistic Postgraduate Woman

The Autistic Postgraduate Woman: Navigating the Neurotypical University uncovers the experiences that autistic postgraduate students - particularly autistic women -  face within the academic landscape. 

The book offers important insights for educators, policymakers, advocates, and anyone looking to foster a more accessible and inclusive educational system, challenging the misconceptions about neurodivergent experiences. 

Dr Sophie Phillips works on anti-abelist research as part of the WAARC: Anti-Ableist Research Culture project, with a specific focus on access to higher education for autistic women and more broadly neurodivergent individuals, following her own diagnosis as a young adult.

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