Emily Brooks is a writer, consultant and graduate student in disability studies at the CUNY School of Professional Studies in New York City.
Emily Brooks
Graduate student
City University of New York
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It’s past time for mainstream discussions of ‘women with autism’ to recognize that a significant portion of the autistic community identifies as gender-queer or non-binary.
Focus on autism must broaden to include non-binary genders
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Emily Brooks
19 October 2015 | 6 min read
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