Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care

Fund research into Autistic women.

Closed 64 signatures

What the petition asks

Fund more research into autistic women to help improve the diagnoses process so that less women are missed
Many Autistic women experience either misdiagnosis or late diagnosis due to not fitting into the ADOS requirements for autism. These requirements are based on outdated research that are mainly based on research carried out on young boys. This ca lead to massive mental health impacts for the women who are not being listened to and they don't get the support that they need.

Timeline

11 Aug 2022 Petition opened for signatures
25 Feb 2023 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 64
Status Closed
Department Department of Health and Social Care
Opened 11 Aug 2022
Closed 25 Feb 2023

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.