BOOK DESCRIPTION
For decades, the medical establishment has operated on a single, unquestioned assumption: autism is a male condition. If a young boy was obsessed with train schedules and lacked social graces, he was diagnosed. If a girl was overwhelmingly anxious, socially exhausted, and intensely focused on literature or horses, she was labeled "quirky," "shy," or worse-"borderline."
Unmasked is the groundbreaking investigation into the lost generation of autistic women.
In the third book of The Different Minds Series, author Eliot Mason dismantles the male-centric history of autism research and exposes the devastating reality of female camouflaging. Blending meticulous historical research, modern neuroscience, and the deeply personal lived experiences of late-diagnosed women, this book reveals: