The story of autism is male. It's time for women and girls to take center stage. When autistic girls encounter clinicians, they are often misdiagnosed with anxiety, depression, personality disorders, or completely overlooked. The "male gaze" of autism means we are only just beginning to correct this deep injustice. In The Lost Girls of Autism, distinguished brain scientist Gina Rippon delves into the emerging science of female autism, questioning why it has been systematically ignored for so long. Generations of researchers, convinced that autism was a male issue, simply did not bother to look for it in women. But it is now increasingly clear that many autistic women and girls do not fit the traditional, male model of autism. Instead, they camouflage and mask, hiding their autistic traits to adapt to a society that rejects them. Urgent and enlightening, this is a quest for how sexism has biased our understanding of autism. Informed by the latest research in psychology and neuroscience, The Lost Girls of Autism is a call to action for society to acknowledge the full scope of the autistic experience.