Supporting neurodiverse girls in schools

Increasing knowledge and awareness among teachers and students improves acceptance of neurodiversity.

Neurodiverse girls, including autistic and ADHDer girls, are one group of young people feeling distinctly unsupported and disengaged from school communities. They're an under-identified group, historically under-represented in male-dominant research studies on autism and ADHD, and often misdiagnosed with anxiety or other conditions. And while the needs of neurodiverse girls have long been overlooked by health professionals and teachers alike, research suggests a number of ways schools could better understand and support these students.