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      <image:caption>All together now: New data shows girls are as likely to be autistic as boys. Picture: Meritt Thomas/Unsplash</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Many autistic people, especially women, are finding the route to diagnosis blocked. Picture: The Blow Up</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Stranded: Some travellers are more welcome than others in the UK and abroad.                        Picture: Pixabay</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Struggle to be heard: Some of the books written by women who had to fight for accurate diagnosis.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Type face: At work in my first journalism role, an internship at the local weekly paper.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Ill-informed: Too many medical professionals don’t take autism seriously. Picture: National Cancer Institute</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - The clinics peddling poison - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Pure evil: Unscrupulous clinics are promoting stem-cell ‘cures’ for autism. Picture: Dim Hou/Unsplash</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>View from within: Autism should be understood by how it feels from the inside. Picture: Andrew Neel/Unsplash</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Hostile environment: workplaces need to be more autism friendly. Picture: Kirill-makes-pics</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>These spoons may not be used for stirring but they are serving a useful purpose. Picture: Alex Morgan</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In their hands: Most theories of autism are developed by neurotypical ‘experts’. Picture: Hainguyenrp</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Time to learn: A new approach to autism testing is long overdue. Picture: Susan Holt Simpson</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Time the NHS came clean - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Tick tock: More people are waiting too long for NHS autism diagnosis. Picture: Rodolfo Barreto</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sammy Alban-Stanley was just thirteen when he died. Photograph: Patricia Alban</image:caption>
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